House Health Reform Bills Lengthy Reading
Two bills recently advanced in the House will be coming up for debate in the near future. The first is…
Reid "forces" public option into Senate compromise bill
Emboldened by polls suggesting that a majority of Americans favor inclusion of a public option, Senator Reid has "forced" a…
Health Insurers Ratcheting Up Rates Ahead of Reform
It would seem that heath insurers are following the lead of credit card issuers in "adjusting" rates, deductibles and co-pays…
House Unveils 1990 Page Health Reform Bill
Well, it seems we are down to a "tale of two bills". The Senate version and the House version. Both…
Massachusetts has highest health insurance premiums . . . model for U.S. ?
Massachusetts found out that expanding coverage was relatively easy, sort of. Paying for it is not. Why? Because the vast…
QUICK POST: How Health Insurance Co-Op Might Work
This approach is one possible option which would maintain a market based system in relation to private coverage, but allow…
Annual cost of billing-related tasks: $85,276 per physician . . . not acceptable
This study confirms what all physicians already know - health insurers place obstacle upon obstacle in order to avoid payment…
Pre-Existing Conditions: End the Game, Health Coverage for All Now
First, the employee based system is outmoded and dates from a post-WWII reality that no longer exists. Persons change jobs…
Real Health Reform begins here !
Thanks Medscape for recognizing that Real Health Reform has a REAL solution (see article below by Nancy Terry) that can…
Employers boost employee share of health insurance premiums
The move to make individuals more responsible for how they spend their health care dollars is a good thing