Hmmm, that’s a tough one. If I understand the bill, and it is quite likely nobody actually understands the thousands of pages that it entails, it’s vastly better for the insurance companies then the consumer and the taxpayer. It was probably written by the insurance industry and the drug lobby just like the Bush Era [...]
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Is the Senate Health Care Bill Better than Nothing?
Posted in economy, health care, public policy, tagged health care, obama, Senate Health Care on December 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Is the Recession and the Financial Crisis Almost Over?
Posted in economy, government, health care, investing, politics, public policy, renewable energy on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you watch the nightly news or read the news on the web, it sounds like things are getting better. The stock market is up 40% over its low, the banks appear to be stable, job losses are tapering off, real estate sales are up 6% from the month before, and on and on – [...]
A Truly New Idea for Paying for Catastrophic Illness
Posted in health care on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My plan is called the 100% rule.
Today when most people without insurance and many who do end up in the hospital with a catastrophic illness or from an accident, their hospital bill is more than their net worth (total of all assets, car, house, cash, stocks, pensions, etc). If your net worth is just $100,000, [...]
Health Care System Needs a Radical Change
Posted in economy, government, health care, politics, tagged economy, health, health care, insurance industry, obama on August 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Everybody hates something about all the healthcare proposals out there, so here’s another one to hate. How about if we have the government provide a system whereby it provides a basic level of healthcare below which the patients pays nothing, fills out no paperwork, needs no adjudication, it is just there and available to all [...]
