Archive for the ‘Universal Healthcare’ Category
Friday, September 18th, 2009
David Goldhill wrote an article for the The Atlantic titled "How American Healthcare Killed my Father". In the article, he uses his father's death from infection in a NY hospital to discuss healthcare reform and consumerism. David is a self-professed Democrat but he is concerned about reform's effort to disassociate ...
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
Occasionally you will see a healthcare expert try to make the point that universal healthcare coverage exists today. While the reality is more complicated than the statement, there is truth in the fact that life-saving care is almost always available in today's US healthcare system. When a healthcare consumer is ...
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009
I continue to read countless articles about the various healthcare reform bills that really do not have much to say other than everyone disagrees on how to move forward and whatever happens should cost more than financial bailout. Well, I guess there are tidbits about a public insurance option, increased ...
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Sunday, January 4th, 2009
I get asked almost every other day what I think about Obama's healthcare plan. You can read it yourself by following this link - http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/HealthPlanOverview.pdf.
The most I can say about this plan is that it sounds nice. I want there to be better healthcare technology and affordable health insurance. It would ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Drew Altman from the Kaiser Foundation (http://www.kff.org/pullingittogether/093008_altman.cfm) does a nice job of tactfully raising the question whether it is better for the nation if employers and individuals shift to more catastrophic forms of health insurance (think high deductible) or whether the view that comprehensive coverage is the key to access ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
At my last employer, an uninsured patient paid the hospital somewhere between 3 and 8 cents on every dollar of revenue. It cost the hospital 40 cents on a dollar of revenue to treat that patient. Although small, the hospital still turned a profit last year. How? The managed care ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Drew Altman’s recent article, “Moving Away from Employer Coverage: Don’t Forget Public Opinion” deftly points out that while politicians are actively looking for alternatives to employer based healthcare, the general public is not. In fact, in every study 61% to 83% of employees said moving towards ...
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