Federal Reform
Democrats and Health Reform
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Jason Schifrin, on the always-excellent Healthcare Economist blog, has a solid roundup of various health reform plans of the major Democratic candidates now running for their nomination.***********
Guide to the Democratic Candidates
January 8, 2008 in Current Events, Public Policy
So
you’re a Democrat and you don’t know who to vote for. Which of the
Democratic candidates has the […]
Overview of Federal Health Care Reform Proposals
Monday, October 1st, 2007Ezra Klein, writing in the LA Times, gives an amusing but solid look at the various reforms being proposed by the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates.
Oh… and about that cartoon below …. the answer is NO!
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Candidates go Code Blue on healthcare
Democrats want to bring everyone into the system; Republicans think people demand too much treatment.
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Arnold vs. ERISA
Friday, September 28th, 2007Can a state create a mandate that employers must either provide health benefits or pay a fee to the government.Many informed observers say NO!
The Christian Science Monitor explores how ERISA limits states rights (in particular California) when it comes to health care reform and mandating coverage.
The question you will be left with after you finish […]
America’s Children Must Have A Healthy Start In Life
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007Today,
the U.S. House of Representatives will take one of the most important
actions in this new Congress when it votes to renew and improve the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
SCHIP currently provides health care coverage for 6.6 million
children across America, and its reauthorization preserves existing
coverage while expanding desperately needed health coverage to a […]
Bush Uses SCHIP as Bargaining Chip
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007The Washington Post reports that President Bush is using his threatened veto of the re-authorization and expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program in order to convince congress to insert tax deductions for individually purchased health insurance.
Is it just me, or is it cheesy to hardball with sick kids as bargaining chips?
GOP Senator Says […]
Linking Healthy Behaviors To Health Benefits, Has The ADA Law Changed?
Thursday, September 13th, 2007The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) is anti-discrimination law that protects people with disabilities. Now that some federal guidelines and rules have been made more clear, it appears that linking health factors to benefits payments is legal.
If so, then we will see a real move to health penalties and incentives in the next few years. […]
Hillary Will Attack Health Insurers When She Unrolls Her HealthCare Reform Plans
Thursday, September 13th, 2007Hillary-care type healthcare reform crashed and burned in the early ’90’s.
A major reason was that she did very little consultation with the major players in the health care industry, and alienated them in the process.
The last decade seemed to demonstrate that Hillary Clintonlearned from that debacle, and that she matured into a moremature and mainstream […]
SiCKO official trailer will keep people talking about health care reform
Monday, June 18th, 2007I don’t think there is any doubt that Michael Moore’s new film SiCKO will initiate more debate about health care reform … and escalate the current awareness to even higher levels.
Moore does NOT “play fair” in his movies, but he does start a lot of conversations!
Boom in Individual Health Insurance Grows Closer
Thursday, June 14th, 2007You don’t need much of a crystal ball to see the growing support for the move from defined-benefit health benefits into defined-contribution.
What happened with 401(k) and IRA accounts in the 1980’sis going to be mirrored by health benefits changes over the next 5 years.
If I were looking to hit an investment home-run, top of the […]
Guiliani Makes Sensible Health Care Reform Suggestions
Thursday, June 7th, 2007It’s growing increasingly clear that health care reform will be a big part of the 2008 election. All the leading candidates for both the Democratic and Republican nomination are developing and announcing their positions.
Rudi Guiliani today announced his proposal to shift tens of millions of people into individual health insurance plans.
I think he’s on the […]
