White House Willing to Negotiate Public Option
Posted in In brief on 7 July 2009
Stats: 5 views and No Comments "It is more important that health-care legislation inject stiff competition among insurance plans than it is for Congress to create a pure government-run option, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said Monday. 'The goal is to have a means and a mechanism to keep the private insurers honest,' he ...
Posted in In brief on 7 July 2009
Stats: 5 views and No Comments "It is more important that health-care legislation inject stiff competition among insurance plans than it is for Congress to create a pure government-run option, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said Monday. 'The goal is to have a means and a mechanism to keep the private insurers honest,' he ...
The Real Cost of Health Care
Posted in Not So Fast! on 24 June 2009
Stats: 564 views and 4 Comments One regular theme in Paul Krugman’s column is universal medical care, and anyone who opposes him either is evil or simply wants people to be unhealthy. While he is not fully happy with President Barack Obama’s latest plan to create a government health insurance option, nonetheless he knows all central ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 24 June 2009
Stats: 564 views and 4 Comments One regular theme in Paul Krugman’s column is universal medical care, and anyone who opposes him either is evil or simply wants people to be unhealthy. While he is not fully happy with President Barack Obama’s latest plan to create a government health insurance option, nonetheless he knows all central ...
Senate Considers Health Care Cost Controls
Posted in In brief on 19 June 2009
Stats: 30 views and No Comments "Mr. Baucus is ... looking for ways to ensure that employers don't drop coverage for their employees when new insurance options become available. He pitched a plan that would require companies that don't cover their workers to pay part of the bill if those employees get government help, including, for ...
Posted in In brief on 19 June 2009
Stats: 30 views and No Comments "Mr. Baucus is ... looking for ways to ensure that employers don't drop coverage for their employees when new insurance options become available. He pitched a plan that would require companies that don't cover their workers to pay part of the bill if those employees get government help, including, for ...
Single Payer (Public Option) Health Care
Posted in 101, Economics on 22 May 2009
Stats: 229 views and No Comments With the Obama Administration aggressively pursuing "comprehensive health care reform," interest in single payer health care is again on the rise. But single-payer is neither a new idea, nor a particularly good one. In a single payer health care system, all health care is purchased by the government so that ...
Posted in 101, Economics on 22 May 2009
Stats: 229 views and No Comments With the Obama Administration aggressively pursuing "comprehensive health care reform," interest in single payer health care is again on the rise. But single-payer is neither a new idea, nor a particularly good one. In a single payer health care system, all health care is purchased by the government so that ...
