Archive for the ‘Health Care Reform’ Category
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
As we head down the road of revising our health care system, there are pros and cons to practically every angle of the legislation. Many people have doubts as to whether anything can really work as evidenced by the snapshot of opinions (over 1100 at the time of this posting) ...
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Saturday, August 8th, 2009
Most Americans wants some sort of health care reformation - many of us just don't want it to be a complete and total change immediately. People take time to absorb change and we've already had lots of government change over the last eight months. Regarding heatlh care, things are heating ...
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
This PBS link has a nice list of who's who in the on-going health care reform debate followed by a nice glossary of terms regarding the issues. www.pbs.org/newshour/interactive/health/guide/
Here is a policy analysis site that does advocates free market competition - at least you get the full story regarding the facts ...
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
The mandate for employer provided insurance coverage passed through the HELP (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) committee on Wednesday. This bill version also includes a government insurance option. To read more about this click: http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/07/13/daily31.html?
It is my opinion congress should look at tax implications of payments (read tax credits ...
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Saturday, July 4th, 2009
Happy 4th of July! We Americans love our independence and freedoms - today is a great day to celebrate them. Choice regarding health care services is a economic priviledge for many of us that I hope we can maintan. Wednesday's Wall Street Journal had a good article, written by economist ...
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
If you are concerned about the discussions in Washington regarding health care reform, you might want to connect with a local group to see what is happening in your area. Here is the link to the Tea Party Patriots website where you can get connected. http://teapartypatriots.org/
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Saturday, June 20th, 2009
One cannot miss the buzz about the proposed government insurance plan in the news. In fact, somehow a bill is supposed to be finalized in July but CBO (the Congressional Budget Office) estimates one version of the bill will cost more than $1.6 million over a ten year period. There ...
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
If you invest in mutual funds you might not have the opportunity to view individual stock annual reports. The reports and voting agendas are getting much more interesting these days. Shareholder initiatives are showing up in more frequency; they include requirements for things like water sustainability reports and you guessed ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
One thing about studies is that they sometimes seem to have an outcome directed in favor of the position of the parties that funded the study. Produced by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Commission to Build a Healthier America, the discussion videos regarding healthy choices makes some points to consider. ...
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
The health care reform initiatives are coming on strong and will continue to do so until something happens. Because there are so many ideas for change and constant politicking of preferences, it might be helpful to look at a consolidated list on one website.
Conservatives for Patients' Rights (CPR) is a ...
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