I was surprised by the inclusion of the pubic option in the bill that was released last week, as I thought that the Republicans minority and Moderate Dems had defeated it. In fact, I was beginning to wonder why even bother reforming health care at all if there is no additional pubic option. I received [...]
Continue →From the AP Today is a news article about the House majority Dems. delivering their legislation on health care. As a citizen I am frankly happy that something is going to happen for all the people that are battling bankruptcy and medical costs due to the health insurance laws that allow the insurance companies to [...]
Continue →Tell Congress that Being a Woman is Not a “Pre-Existing Condition” Did you know that being a woman is increasingly considered a “pre-existing condition” by health insurance companies? No, we’re not kidding. Perhaps the most underreported practice of discrimination in our health care system is that women are regularly denied coverage for “pre-existing conditions” [...]
Continue →http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33441437/ns/health-health_care/ No guarantees: 3 tales of insurance disaster – Dose of reality As the mother of a toddler who survives only because of the breathing tubes up his nose, the feeding tube in his gut, and the expertise of doctors in three cities, Courtney Elliott is keenly aware of the high costs of medical care [...]
Continue →WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. healthcare system is just as wasteful as President Barack Obama says it is, and proposed reforms could be paid for by fixing some of the most obvious inefficiencies, preventing mistakes and fighting fraud, according to a Thomson Reuters report released on Monday. The U.S. healthcare system wastes between [...]
Continue →A health reform bill that includes some variation of a public insurance option is likely to land on President Obama’s desk late this year or early in 2010, according to two lobbyists who represent industry trade group America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) late on Oct. 22 conceded that she likely [...]
Continue →Peter is usually much more vehement and outspoken when he recommends the investment of betting against the US economy and its currency. However the guy is running for the Senate seat in Connecticut and can’t appear to be very outspoken about the fact that living in America and investing here is the equivalent of burning [...]
Continue →It is time to discuss Tort Reform, this issue to me is the one of the most glaring problems in the health care debate because it is the easiest to fix! If I woke up and had a missing leg after a routine breast augmentation I would be very angry. However, I make mistakes all [...]
Continue →Here is yet another health discount company that is being busted. The local, state, and federal governments are not doing a thing to stop this and what is so annoying is that they could very easily stop this nonsense. Any new health insurance company should have to pass a rigorous inspection and should not be [...]
Continue →Guess it is two in one day. Now it is being reported that underweight premies are being denied health insurance. Of course the publicity comes and Embattled health insurance companies are taking a page from Goldlilocks. Last week, a 4-month-old child was denied insurance for being too heavy (the company has since changed its mind). [...]
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