The battle lines are now clearly drawn.
The buzzword today is “consumer-driven health plans”, that force consumers to confront the true costs of their medical service providers.
Such plans are characterized by much higher deductibles and co-pays…which is not so jarring when one considers that most of our other insurance policies are now consumer driven.
Perhaps you have […]
Come on….everyone knows that AARP has as its sole purpose the well being of its senior citizen membership.
Would that this was the case.
AARP would already be a wealthy organization just based on the measly $10 annual membership fee….multiplied by its gargantuan base of 40 million members.
Not content with offering membership to those eligible for Medicare […]
So, what exactly is it that has drawn some 10 million of the 40 million Medicare beneficiaries to the reform known as Medicare Advantage?
Let me ask you a question: If you wanted to make sure the package you sent absolutely and positively will be delivered tomorrow, do you trust the Postal Service, or do you […]
For the younger readers whose eyes automatically glaze over when the subject of Medicare or Social Security is brought up….you’d best pay close attention.
After all, you are the ones who are going to get stuck paying the tab.
The health care reform debate continues to rage on, and my prediction as to the outcome was clearly […]
That’s the title of a must-read article in the September 21, 2009 issue of Forbes…by Marie-Josee Kravis, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.
You know the drill by now. There are three kinds of lies.
Lies… Damned Lies…and Statistics.
The statistic du jour that is bruited about to disparage our present health care system is the comparison […]
Like a dog with a bone, I just can’t let go of the raging health care reform debate.
It’s shaping up to be the pivotal paradigm shift for the next decade..perhaps longer.
I don’t consider myself to be an expert on health care reform…just a well-informed consumer. But I have immersed myself into residential real estate as […]
If health care is a right, than surely shelter and clothing are as well.
I am indebted to Craig Karpel’s op/ed in the 8/17/09 Wall Street Journal (p. A11) who takes the heretical view that we are not paying enough for health care…and that it is further a critical growth component in our economy. And his […]
At the heart of the current debate is the core philosophical issue…
Is there an absolute right to health care?
John Mackey, the savvy and controversial CEO at Whole Foods (aka “Whole Paycheck”) has stirred a hornet’s nest, and incensed his uber-liberal customer base by denying that such a right exists in his Wall Street Journal editorial, […]
