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The Hyperbole of Health Care Reform Opponents

robert — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:27:12 +0000

Former insurance industry spokesman Wendell Potter has penned an entertaining but all-too-true blog on how health care reform opponents distort the spirit of health care reform. Potter wrote the tell-all book Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans.

Read Potter’s comments here.

Health Care Reform Debate Magnifies Our Ignorance

robert — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:18:50 +0000

I just watched CNN’s Brooke Baldwin interview a self-employed business owner from West Virginia that attended today’s Supreme Court hearing. This gentleman (named David Klemencic) railed against how the individual mandate that requires him to buy health insurance. He said that he didn’t need health insurance.

When Baldwin asked Klemencic how he’d pay his medical expenses if he got cancer, he said that he’d to use his IRA, plus his family and friends for funds.

Within a minute after saying that he’d made non-insurance provisions for paying for a catastrophic illness, Mr. Klemcic then asserted that he couldn’t afford to buy insurance. How does this man reconcile these statements? How within two minutes can he say that he has the financial ability to pay for a catastrophic illness and then say he can’t afford health insurance?

Unfortunately, there’s a lot of people like David who let their emotions color their view of reality.

I Couldn’t Have Made This Up

robert — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:46:12 +0000

A leading opponent of ObamaCare just filed bankruptcy partially due to unpaid medical bills. Mary Brown didn’t want to be forced to buy insurance. Somebody other than herself is now having to foot her bill. I couldn’t have made this story up….

Obama administration lawyers were quick to point out that Brown’s own situation is now a good illustration of the “uncompensated care that will ultimately be paid by others.” Adds a health law expert, “This is so ironic. It just shows that all Americans inevitably have a need for health care. Somebody has paid for her health care costs.”

If Santorum Wins the New Hampshire Primary, It Will Be Christmas #2 For The Health Insurance Industry

robert — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:29:11 +0000

In case you’ve ever wondered why Rick Santorum is so vehemently opposed to health care reform, look where some of his most ardent contributors come from:
http://tinyurl.com/7otbzpz

Doctors Going Broke?

robert — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:19:53 +0000

Here’s an article about unlikely victims of the health care mess in our country:
Click Here

Why Do Businesses Accept Premium Rate Hikes as Inevitable Year-After-Year?

robert — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:28:18 +0000

Why do businesses and business columnists write about premium hikes as if they’re expected? It really doesn’t have to be this way. “Only” a 6% rate increase can mean the difference between a business owner buying or not buying that extra truck or other piece of equipment he/she needs for their business.
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Employees Now Contributing More Than Ever For Their Health Care

robert — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:54:53 +0000

Skyrocketing health care costs are forcing employers to ask employees to share some of the costs.

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Sometimes, you’re better off to NOT participate in your employer’s group benefits plan.

robert — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:12:14 +0000

When is an employee better off opting out of his/her employer’s group insurance plan? This article will tell you when…

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Can California Cut Medi-Cal Payments?

robert — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:14:04 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review whether California can be sued for cutting Medi-Cal payments to health care providers. Twenty-two states have joined California in appealing the issue to the high court.

Response to President Obama's Speech

robert — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:39:52 +0000

I would’ve liked to hear more specifics, but at least Mr. Obama offered more clarity to what he wants a bill to include. His ideas sound are very similar to what Senator Max Baucus of the Senate Finance Committee has proposed. Obama also included some ideas proposed by some Republicans, most notably, Senator John McCain.

Bill O’Reilly of Fox News criticized some parts of Obama’s plan. O’Reilly railed against (government) bureaucrats deciding what tests/treatments insurers must cover.

Mr. O’Reilly, the state of California has required many procedures/treatments to be covered for years. This is nothing new.