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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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