Posts Tagged ‘health care’

This Week in Health Care Reform: June 4, 2010

Health Care Reform
As lawmakers complete a week long recess in their home states, Obama administration officials move forward on implementing certain provisions of the health care reform legislation. Recent national polling shows a majority of Americans strongly favor repeal of the law.
As health care reform legislation continues to take shape this year, we encourage you [...]

Health Care Reform Myths Vs. Realities

Myth: Higher health care costs are the result of continually rising insurance premiums, inflating the price of health care.
Fact: Just the opposite is true. Because insurance is a means of financing health care, premiums have to track the underlying cost of health care services. Those underlying costs have been rising and insurance premiums have simply [...]

April 2010 – Update on the Health Care Reform

The new federal health care reform law may change how some consumers access health care and health care coverage. Kaiser Permanente is currently working to interpret and implement changes mandated by the new law in accordance with the schedule outlined by Congress. In some cases, like the coverage of adult children, the law calls for [...]