Posts Tagged ‘medicare’

Health Care Reform Update: June 11, 2010

Health Care Reform Debate Alive and Well: Democrats continue to sell their plan for health care reform to Americans in the face of mixed public opinion, simultaneously battling Republicans pushing for its repeal.
Primary elections were held in 11 states this week as lawmakers returned to Washington, D.C., to face a growing list of unfinished legislative [...]

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 [...]