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Think Obamacare will lower premiums? Think again!

Finally. From a trusted source, here’s an in-depth look at why health insurance costs are about to soar under the very same legislation the President has promised will lower costs.
In this excellent article, Forbes discusses in detail why Obamacare will force premiums higher – not lower as promised.
Of course, some people will pay [...]

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Telemedicine – the future of medical care?

Instead of wasting a day to go to the hospital, 77-year old Jens Dastrup hooks himself up from home to some electronic monitors which automatically feed his readings to his doctor, who then reviews the readings for any abnormalities and can even issue prescriptions electronically.

The catch? This ain’t happening in downtown Des Moines.
As an [...]

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Support for Obamacare keeps slipping – now at new all time lows

Obamacare keeps slipping.
As this new CBS News poll suggests (love Katie Curic by the way), an astonishing 36% of Americans now support Obamacare.
The fact of the matter is, as more details become public, support drops.
The only question remaining is whether Democrats will have the stomach to keep pushing this terribly unpopular legislation to [...]

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Lindsay Graham on Medicare spending cuts

Both House and Senate bills on so-called health care “reform” call for drastic cuts in Medicare spending.
“We’re going to have to reduce Medicare spending by about $400 billion over a 10-year period to get the math right,” Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said on ABC television’s “This Week” on Nov. 29. “We haven’t [...]

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Stop using your health insurance!

Over-utilization is the concept that too much of something is being used, or utilized. As it applies to health care, over-utilization is another one of (way too) many behind-the-scenes reasons why health care costs are so out of control.
A big reason for this is that current benefits rich plans do little if anything to [...]

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The (huge) coal-miners tax (on health care benefits)

As Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WVa) points out, the health care proposal introduced by Sen. Baucus includes a big — make that humongous — tax increase on working class folks who happen to be union members or others that are privy to benefit rich health plans- folks like coal miners in Rockefeller’s state.
By early estimates, an [...]

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Health care reform beginning to stall in Senante Finance Committee?

According to yahoo news, it now appears as though Sen. Baucus may unveil a draft of health care legislation without the support of Republicans, thereby dimming any chance of producing a truly bipartisan bill. See story here.

Moreover, Democrats are also lining up in opposition with outspoken W. Virginia Senator Rockefeller stating he cannot support [...]

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Republican Senator voices growing concern over inability to reach concensus on health care reform

Senator Enzi, R-Wyo., is one of 3 Republicans working side by side with 3 Democratic senators attempting to reach concensus on healthcare reform.
Recently, he took to the youtube airwaves to issue a commentary that in my opinion, accurately represents the state of affairs in Washington with respect to this particular contentious issue.
Here is a link [...]

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The truth about health insurance (finally)

People may tend not to believe what I say about health insurance because, well, perhaps I am biased.
So here’s what the Wall Street Journal has to say about the (alleged) mess with health insurance – and by the way, I agree with every word in this article, which is why I am sharing [...]

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Health Care Reform – on the fast track to – the next election?

Americans are just waking up to discover they are being duped by a president pushing for health care “reform” that at the earliest would not begin to take place until – 2013 – AFTER the next presidential election!
Because of my connections with several of the major insurance companies, this is a little known secret I [...]

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