President Obama Wants You...
Tuesday June 30, 2009
...to ask him any questions you have about health reform.
He will answer some of the most popular questions during an online town hall discussion held on Wednesday, July 1, 2009.
President Obama Addresses Cost Containment and Quality of Care
Sunday June 28, 2009
President Obama recently spoke at a town hall meeting on healthcare reform. During this event, he remarked that if one of his family members were facing serious illness, he ... Read More
House Democrats Push For Public Plan Option
Saturday June 27, 2009
House Democrats have announced that they will not accept any health reform bill that does not include a public plan option. The public plan option would allow the federal ... Read More
Senate Finds Way To Keep Down Cost of Reform
Friday June 26, 2009
The Senate has been working on ways to make their health reform bill more cost-effective. This week, they announced that they have reached a consensus on keeping the total ... Read More
Insight Into the Insurance Industry
Wednesday June 24, 2009
The Columbia Journalism Review recently posted an interview with Wendell Potter, a former executive with CIGNA. Although this interview is directed primarily towards writers, consumers can also gain tremendous ... Read More
House Releases Reform Bill Draft
Saturday June 20, 2009
The Senate Finance Committee has been working on healthcare reform legislation for some time, and is thinking about tweaking their bill to make it more appealing to opponents. Meanwhile, ... Read More
Insurers Won't Stop Retroactive Cancellation
Thursday June 18, 2009
At a Congressional hearing about retroactive cancellation, or rescission, of health insurance policies, health insurers refused to discontinue this practice. According to the Los Angeles Times, insurers believe that ... Read More
Congress Works To Reduce Reform Price Tag
Thursday June 18, 2009
The Senate Finance Committee is working to keep the cost of health reform below $1 trillion over the next 10 years. According to the Wall Street Journal, this is ... Read More
Medical Identity Theft a Growing Problem
Saturday June 13, 2009
Medical identity theft is an increasing problem, with many victims not realizing their insurance information has been stolen for months, or even years. According to the New York Times, ... Read More
The Role of Preventive Care in Health Reform
Thursday June 11, 2009
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal explores preventive care and its effect on health costs. A 2008 study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that ... Read More
Medicaid Cuts in Michigan Create Dire Situation
Wednesday June 10, 2009
Michigan is currently experiencing record growth in the number of Medicaid beneficiaries, but the state cannot afford the recent influx. Rather than cutting benefits, Michigan is lowering payments to ... Read More
Obama Supports Larger Role For Medicare Advisory Commission
Saturday June 6, 2009
Most Americans probably aren't aware of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), a group of experts well-versed in the operational details of the Medicare program. The areas they discuss ... Read More
Editorial Shows That Health Reform Can't Pick Sides
Friday June 5, 2009
Kaiser Family Foundation President & CEO Drew Altman, Ph.D. recently wrote an editorial which breaks down political opinion on healthcare reform. He states that although the left and right ... Read More
Health Insurers and Tobacco Companies Make Strange Bedfellows
Wednesday June 3, 2009
A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that several health insurance companies own a significant amount of stock in tobacco companies. This means that they ... Read More