This past holiday season I had a medical procedure done at St. Mary’s of Michigan. Like Rush Limbaugh did in Hawaii, I received excellent care here in Saginaw.
The surgery went well and the medical personnel performed their duties beyond my expectations. I’m sure that the medical professionals in the United States are second to none. These professionals aren’t what the health care reform bill is about, insurance companies are.
Over at Firedoglake, Marcy has questioned some of my assumptions regarding the financial situation of her hypothesized family of four making $66,370 per year and trying to purchase health insurance under the Senate’s bill.
That’s only fair, since I questioned some of her assumptions. So let’s go line by line through her budget, and try to reach some consensus as to what this family is in fact likely to be spending in health care and other areas. Read the rest of this entry »
When we hear discussion about the problems facing the U.S. health care system, we’re often told that not enough people have access to affordable health care.
And that’s absolutely true–over 46 million Americans were without health insurance in 2006, a number that is almost certainly higher today.
But there’s an important factor contributing to the health care crisis that isn’t as widely discussed: too much health care. Read the rest of this entry »
Moving toward the final stage of a historic debate, the Senate’s top Democrat prepared to unveil a new health care bill that aims to meet President Barack Obama’s goal of expanding coverage without adding to the federal deficit.
Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada met Wednesday morning at the Capitol with Vice President Joe Biden to go over the game plan on health care. Crucial to the White House and Reid is winning over a handful of reluctant moderate Democrats. Read the rest of this entry »
Consumers across the country soon will be able to find impartial information about out-of-network health care costs on a new Web site, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
The information will be collected by a new not-for-profit company, FAIR Health, in partnership with a research consortium based at Syracuse University, Cuomo said.
The new database “will bring much-needed transparency, accountability and fairness to a broken consumer reimbursement system” and could benefit more than 100 million Americans nationwide, Cuomo said. Read the rest of this entry »
