Wednesday, September 5, 2007

What is Insurance? 

If you still have bills to pay, it is insurance?

Filed As:  Health Care

USA Today looks at a company that sells health insurance policies with limited coverage. At issue: 36 states are investigating the company for alleged wrongdoings, including fraudulent sales ... more »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 2:07 pm
• 1 comment

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

More on the Census Bureau Numbers 

What you won't find mentioned anywhere else

Filed As:  Health Care

The Census Bureau’s latest count of insurance coverage is being met with the usual hysteria by the left-wing organizations and the media. But there are some interesting tidbits here that you will not see reported anywhere. For instance, although the numbers are very small the percentages of people ... more »»

• posted by Greg Scandlen
• 4:06 pm
• 1 comment

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Legislative Approval? What's That? 

Blago forges ahead with health welfare expansion

Filed As:  Health Care

The governor proposes, the legislature disposes.

Wait. Not in Illinois. According to CBS News:

Governor Rod Blagojevich Thursday ordered another expansion of state-subsidized health care, even though the General Assembly hasn't approved the estimated $16 million it would ... more »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 3:32 pm
• 0 comment

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

HSAs: One Size Does Not Fit All 

Filed As:  Health Care

Incentives matter. That’s the idea behind Health Savings Accounts where 100% cost sharing will reduce unneeded medical utilization. Even critics of HSAs concede that they will induce individuals to economize on medical usage. The standard HSA design involves a high deductible plan of, say $5,000, ... more »»

• posted by Michael Bond
• 12:04 pm
• 1 comment

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Heal the Bonds between Doctors and their Patients 

Filed As:  Health Care

There are a number of major problems with American health care, but no single problem is bigger or more important than the destruction of the relationship between doctors and their patients. The latest example of this involves insurance companies paying doctors to switch their patients from brand name ... more »»

• posted by Paul Gessing
• 1:08 pm
• 1 comment

Friday, August 31, 2007

No Health Insurance? No Driving for You! 

Filed As:  Health Care

When it comes to health insurance, the attitude of some people is simply ... remarkable. Profit is bad, government control is good, and unintended consequences will abound.

The following requirements are derived from a document developed by a state health reform subcommittee. It is hard at work ... more »»

• posted by Linda Gorman
• 11:30 am
• 0 comment

Friday, August 31, 2007

Health Care Tax Credits 

Filed As:  Health Care

My column today for Carolina Journal on health care tax credits generated more ... more »»

• posted by Joseph D. Coletti
• 10:38 am
• 0 comment

Friday, August 31, 2007

Are 4 in 10 Americans Really Underinsured? 

Filed As:  Health Care

In its September 2007 issue, Consumer Reports wades into America’s health care dialogue with a study that finds “four in ten Americans can’t depend on ... more »»

• posted by Peter J. Nelson
• 4:28 pm
• 0 comment

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Census Numbers Released 

Filed As:  Health Care

The big news of the week was the Census Bureau releasing its estimates of the number ... more »»

• posted by Grace-Marie Turner
• 4:16 pm
• 0 comment

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Licensing 2.0 

Filed As:  Health Care

This site talked recently about the impact social networking (a.k.a. Web 2.0) is having on health. And it’s not alone. Consider the buzz around the upcoming Health 2.0 Conference in California (a project of The Health ... more »»

• posted by Keith Michael
• 2:11 pm
• 0 comment