Alexandria, VA - It is hard to imagine anything more boring than yet another push for a single-payer health care system. This hackneyed idea has been proposed about once a decade for the past 70 years at least. It is soundly rejected by the American people every time it rears its ugly head, most recently on the ballot in Oregon last year where it was defeated by a 4 to 1 vote. "Yet a group of … [Read more...] about Single-Payer System Rejected Time and Again
California Employers Coping With Rising Costs
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Humana Reports Large Savings ? Annual Physicals Waste $7 Billion a Year ? California Employers Coping With Rising Costs ? Nevada Employers Passing Costs On to Workers ? Mutual of Omaha Launches New Plan ? HighMark Blues Meet Demand for HRAs ? Two Percent of Market by 2005? Humana Reports Large Savings We also encourage consumer driven plans and service … [Read more...] about California Employers Coping With Rising Costs
Focusing on the Vision
Hundreds of thousands of Americans now can obtain refundable tax credits to help purchase health insurance, effective August 1. Experts inside and outside government have worked incredibly hard to design and create the infrastructure to make the credits work, and they deserve thanks and congratulations. (See the first article below for a link to the Treasury's guide.) This is an important … [Read more...] about Focusing on the Vision
Focusing on the Vision
Hundreds of thousands of Americans now can obtain refundable tax credits to help purchase health insurance, effective August 1. Experts inside and outside government have worked incredibly hard to design and create the infrastructure to make the credits work, and they deserve thanks and congratulations. (See the first article below for a link to the Treasury's guide.) This is an important … [Read more...] about Focusing on the Vision
Using the Federal Employees' Model: Nine Tests for Rational Medicare Reform
The FEHBP as a Model for Medicare Reform: Separating Fact from Fiction
Consumer Driven Health and the Modern Family
The way we pay for health care is based on an industrial-age image of the American family that seldom applies today. Women, whether working or not, are especially hurt by this antiquated system. The underlying assumption of our system is that a man graduates from high school, goes to work at the local plant, and gets his health insurance coverage as a benefit of his job. He marries his high … [Read more...] about Consumer Driven Health and the Modern Family
Mandated Coverage Isn't the Way
Ted Halstead and Laurie Rubiner, both of the New America Foundation, authored a column in the Washington Post (August 5, 2003) praising John Edward's proposal to mandate insurance coverage for children. They go even further and say, "All Americans should be required to purchase their own health insurance from among competing private providers?" I expected more originality and thoughtfulness from … [Read more...] about Mandated Coverage Isn't the Way