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Just pushing for private health care insurance reforms would have been preferable to this
4 hours ago ago from MyDD :: Direct Democracy for People-Powered Politics
Home Diaries Breaking Blue E-Wire 2008 Just pushing for private health care insurance reforms would have been preferable to this by Tom Rinaldo , Sun Dec 20, 2009 at 11:38:12 AM EST That is what makes this current compromise surrender to special interests so doubly tragic. Like any exercise in legislative sausage making, near infinite deals and trade offs went into crafting the piece of Health Care Reform legislation that lies in ...
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16 hours ago ago from Paying for Long-Term Care in America
Looks like the CLASS act, a new government voluntary long-term care program, has survived and will become part of the health care reform effort. See the NY times article on health reform here http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/health/policy/20care.html Now details remain to be determined, such as how much the premiums will be and the impact on the private LTC Insurance market.
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Much is currently being written about how President Obama should re-shape the American Healthcare system. Most commentators agree that the current arrangement for healthcare in this country is too expensive, highly inefficient and provides unequal levels of care, including minimal care for the 47 million uninsured Americans. As a physician with a longstanding interest in how health services are organized, and who has lived and worked in ...
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15 hours ago ago from Walnut Creek Chiropractor
Barack Obama's ambitious health care plan is fairly simple and straightforward. His plan seeks to dramatically and swiftly increase the number of people that have health insurance. He insists that this plan will save the typical American family approximately $2500 in annual costs. Since the average Ohio health insurance premium is less than most other states, savings to Ohio residents may average less than $2500. The Obama plan is ...
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Hopes Dim, G.O.P. Still Vows to Fight Health Bill
12 hours ago ago from The New York Times
WASHINGTON A day after Senate Democrats said that they had clinched an agreement on a far-reaching overhaul of the nation's health care system, Republicans vowed on Sunday to continue their fight while acknowledging that their chances of stopping Senate passage had faded. A blog from The New York Times that tracks the health care debate as it unfolds. More Health Care Overhaul News Health Care Conversations ...
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Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) formally announced on Sunday that he would support the Senate's final version of health care reform. But in doing so he cast blame for the loss of a public option for insurance coverage partially on the president's shoulders and urged House and Senate negotiators to re-insert the government-run plan back into the legislation during conference committee. From the Wisconsin Democrat's press office came the ...
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16 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Axelrod: Compromise, but still health care reform WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is defending President Barack Obama's stand in support of health care legislation amid concern from liberals that Obama is giving up too much to get a deal done. Senior presidential adviser David Axelrod said the legislation that Democrats in the Senate are poised to pass on Christmas Eve matches the goals that Obama has set. He said those include ...
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13 hours ago ago from Media General - TBO.com
As Congress gets closer to a final health care bill, many Americans want to know: What's in it for me? The answer is: It depends. On your age and household income. Whether you own a business and whether it's big or small. Whether you're insured now and who provides that insurance. In the end, it will depend on how House and Senate negotiators will merge the proposals, and how their vision gets translated into regulations. Five Americans ...
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I've been spending much time recently with primary care physicians across Chicago. Interspersed with the work, I hear many stories about the difficulties experienced by urban low-income patients. There was the man with diabetes who was uninsured until age 65. Thanks to Medicare, he now gets excellent care. That won't restore the sight he lost to diabetic retinopathy a few years ago. There were the uninsured women whose metastatic breast ...
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