Because Medicare is a federal program, action to modernize and improve it must come from Washington. But those at state and local levels are closer to the problems that this antiquated program is creating - problems like a lack of prescription drug coverage that forces beneficiaries to purchase supplementary insurance if they can afford it, or sometimes go without needed medicines if they can't. … [Read more...] about What Can You Do To Speed Medicare Reform?
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What Can You Do To Speed Medicare Reform?
Because Medicare is a federal program, action to modernize and improve it must come from Washington. But those at state and local levels are closer to the problems that this antiquated program is creating - problems like a lack of prescription drug coverage that forces beneficiaries to purchase supplementary insurance if they can afford it, or sometimes go without needed medicines if they can't. … [Read more...] about What Can You Do To Speed Medicare Reform?
Small Business Owners Favor Health Insurance Tax Incentives NAHU Survey
Small Business Owners Favor Health Insurance Tax Incentives NAHU Survey
Initiative would provide welcome help for the uninsured to obtain health coverage
The Galen Institute welcomes the initiative that Senator Jeffords has undertaken to assist uninsured Americans obtain health coverage. The tax system currently provides a generous subsidy worth more than $125 billion a year for individuals who obtain their health insurance through their employer. However, those who do not have insurance available through their employers receive little or no … [Read more...] about Initiative would provide welcome help for the uninsured to obtain health coverage
Initiative would provide welcome help for the uninsured to obtain health coverage
The Galen Institute welcomes the initiative that Senator Jeffords has undertaken to assist uninsured Americans obtain health coverage. The tax system currently provides a generous subsidy worth more than $125 billion a year for individuals who obtain their health insurance through their employer. However, those who do not have insurance available through their employers receive little or no … [Read more...] about Initiative would provide welcome help for the uninsured to obtain health coverage
Bill of Rights Is Boon to Lawyers, Not to Patients
Knight Ridder Tribune Like used-car salesmen, politicians in Washington, D.C., have taken the flawed, old model of the patients' bill of rights and slapped a new sticker on it to try to fool unwitting buyers. The legislation has always been a lemon. It did not sell last year, or the year before that, or the year before that. But it has been reborn this year in the Senate, with a few … [Read more...] about Bill of Rights Is Boon to Lawyers, Not to Patients
Bill of Rights Is Boon to Lawyers, Not to Patients
Knight Ridder Tribune Like used-car salesmen, politicians in Washington, D.C., have taken the flawed, old model of the patients' bill of rights and slapped a new sticker on it to try to fool unwitting buyers. The legislation has always been a lemon. It did not sell last year, or the year before that, or the year before that. But it has been reborn this year in the Senate, with a few … [Read more...] about Bill of Rights Is Boon to Lawyers, Not to Patients