E-records would streamline switch to post-military service The-News-Leader, OH Vets Health Options: A group of local companies will donate their time and expertise to sponsor "A Promise Unbroken -- Complimentary and Alternative Health Information for Veterans." The program will be at the Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland/Twinsburg ... |
Invest more in primary care to reduce improper ER use Tampa Tribune, FL Florida's community health centers provide care for the uninsured. They do it at much lower cost and achieve much better results than the alternative of simply forcing the uninsured to seek emergency care at hospitals. This column is by state Reps. ... |
Health Care for All: A Moral Obligation New York Times, United States Ramesh Ponnuru’s explanation about how universal health coverage in America remains financially unfeasible makes the erroneous assumption that a cheaper, superior alternative to private health insurance does not exist. Single-payer insurance, financed ... |
Healthy San Francisco: A Model for America? Synapse, CA A key alternative is to disconnect health benefits from employment, which would require an entirely new system to finance health care. Until then, keep a close eye on your bills at the car wash, barber shop and when dining – and stay tuned for new ... |
CalPERS hosts health care forum Bizjournals.com, NC ... health care purchasers, added Gregory Franklin, assistant executive officer of the health benefits branch at CalPERS. He also raised the following questions about a potential public plan to be offered as an alternative to regular insurance: Be run ... |
Even Tim Noah is Kidding Himself About Health Care Costs Slate If you really want to rein in health care costs, then consensus reform options like creating a comparative effectiveness board won't get you very far. For the true spending hawk, I see no practical alternative to the "socialist" public option. ... |
Guest Opinion Column TheAlternativePress.com, New Jersey By Mary WanderPolo April 16 is the Second Annual National Health Care Decisions Day. This is a day devoted to educating the public and professionals on advance health care planning. The recent decision of Hudson County New Jersey Chancery Judge John F. ... |
Richard A. Gephardt says President Obama has a much better chance of success with healthcare reform if he aims smaller and concentrates on not failing. Aiming smaller may mean extending coverage to most of those presently uninsured, but with fewer benefits, or extending coverage for children or low income groups.
Gephardt, former Missouri congressman and Democratic party leader who bid for presidency in 2004, and who made healthcare reform the focus of his presidential campaign, says asking for more could lead to the whole reform package failing because of cost considerations, as it happened during Clinton's time. Gephardt was house leader then, and witnessed the fiasco first hand.
Gephardt says he is committed to universal coverage, but “to get to the end zone, you have to get to the 50-yard line first.”
Jason O'Connell: Private insurance bankrupting us Joplin Globe, MO The tough thing to swallow about this is that the United States spends approximately $2.4 trillion on health care per year, with the government picking up about half of that tab with Medicare and other programs. Yet, that still leaves about 50 million ... |
Is This an Alternative to COBRA? Workforce Management, Ca So far, no other insurer has expressed interest in offering something similar. Observers say proposed health care reform may make products that guarantee individuals’ health insurance unnecessary. An alternative to retiree health care and COBRA? ... |
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