This writer has read both the main bill, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590), and the Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4872). Below are the Key Provisions of H.R. 3590 and H.R. 4872 (Health Reform Act (s) signed in March by President Obama.)
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HEALTH INSURANCE CONSUMER INFORMATION—Provides aid to states in establishing offices of health insurance consumer [Read More →]
From Rita Carlson; INTERVIEW BY JESSE PEARSON, PHOTOS BY PHILIP ANDREWS OF VICE MAGAZINE via Jason Linkins of the Huffington Post, 12/28/09
The most recent issue of Vice Magazine features an interview with David Simon, who unpacks at length on the television show he’s best known for creating, The Wire. Along the way, Simon — almost [Read More →]
Dec 11, 2009
The Associated Press: “A loophole in the Senate health care bill would let insurers place annual dollar limits on medical care for people struggling with costly illnesses such as cancer, prompting a rebuke from patient advocates.” An earlier version of the bill in a Senate committee forbid the practice, but a tweak would allow limits so [Read More →]
on fivethirtyeight.com
(a very popular site for political commentary)
Imagine what the American Trucking Association would say if the interstate highway system was a jumble of unconnected, poorly paved roads, every mile of which was nonetheless tolled at exorbitant rates. Think what the American Telemarketing Association would do if half the calls their employees dialed every day were [Read More →]
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by Leonard Peikoff, Ph.D. Delivered at a Town Hall Meeting on [Read More →]
Why the health-care bill isn’t reform.
Published Nov 14, 2009
From the magazine issue dated Nov 23, 2009
Robert J. Samuelson
There is an air of absurdity to what is mistakenly called “health-care reform.” Everyone knows that the United States faces massive governmental budget deficits as far as calculators can project, driven heavily by an aging population and uncontrolled health costs. [Read More →]
Tue Nov 17, 2009 at 05:46:09 PM PST
A few weeks ago, Countdown Sr. Producer Richard Stockwell came up with an idea: create a series of free clinics which would not only deliver care to the uninsured, but would demonstrate the need for health care reform that covers all Americans.
On Saturday, Stockwell attended the first of those free [Read More →]
By Eric Singer
The main driver of the collapse of the dollar is the liquidity provided by the Fed at nominal interest rates, which invites a worldwide army of investors to short the dollar and buy foreign stocks and bonds. If the dollar continues to fall in value, these investors are effectively paid to borrow as long [Read More →]
A plan to slice $500 billion from Medicare over the next decade — one of the most significant sources of funding for President Obama’s health care overhaul — would not jeopardize services for Medicare patients, reform advocates argued Monday, challenging a government report suggesting that the cuts could prompt hospitals and other providers to stop participating in the program.
— Lori Montgomery — Washington Post Blog 44