Saving money via a public option
Oops, sorry, I meant to take it from another pocket According to many members of Congress, we need a public option to compete with private insurers. Compete is an interesting word especially when it...
View ArticleOver the top with bad ideas
Now we are heading into the valley of crazy. The latest idea in health care reform is to effectively place the public option in the hands of the 50 states each to run it’s own plan or in combination...
View ArticleDamn the experts, full speed ahead!
Some of us non-experts, naysayers, pundits, spoilers and the like according to your political position, have been saying from the start that there is nothing in health care reform, health insurance...
View ArticleI wish I were wrong in this somewhat negative assessment of the current state...
As we continue the rush toward health care “reform” – a misnomer in the making, perhaps it is time to recap where we have been. Frankly, I am a bit confused myself. After reading so many versions of...
View ArticleOptional confusion, confusing options or perhaps no option
Public option, no public option, sort of a public option, a public option the states can opt out of, a public option if this or that happens. A public option that is called something else. Are we...
View ArticleWhy a public option won’t save money
The following is from the Bloomberg News website and relates an opinion released by the Congressional Budget Office regarding the public option in the House bill. Of special note (and concern) is the...
View ArticleInsurance company competition is not the issue
Focus on the paragraph I placed in bold. The conservative position is questionable at best. The liberal position is simply not logical. Lack of competition is not the issue. The performance of private...
View ArticleAetna’s Obamacare Reversal Is Latest Blow to U.S. Health Law. The push for a...
Aetna Inc., facing more than $300 million in losses from Affordable Care Act health plans this year, may exit Obamacare markets in some states as challenges to the health-care overhaul pile up. While...
View ArticleDemocratic Platform on Health Care – an insult to common sense Part II
As part of that guarantee, Americans should be able to access public coverage through a public option, and those over 55 should be able to opt in to Medicare. Democrats will empower the states, which...
View ArticlePublic option for Obamacare … a dream come true? 💤💤💤
If there are substantial premium increase throughout Obamacare, that is a reflection of the health care received by the insured population. Adding a public option as “competition” to private insurers...
View ArticleIf you favor Medicare-for-all or a public option health care system, proceed...
Here’s an update on health care for all you fans of a single payer system. As I write this am on the Queen Mary 2 which as you may suspect, is populated with a large number of British citizens, over a...
View Article4 Myths About the Public (Medicare) Option
Regardless if you do or do not support a public option, the article quoted below is worth reading in full. For this post though focus on the words I placed in bold. The authors of the article reveal...
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