There are significant inequities in the FHA account depending upon your age when it was initiated. Is this discussion group appropriate for Future Health...
http://www.postwritersgroup.com/archives/cocc090303.htm ... Good riddance to Medicare Advantage disadvantage. President Barack Obama's bid to reduce the...
This article is spot on - the idea that health savings comes via a welfare check to insurance companies so they can get clients now on Medicare - thereby...
The tax deferred savings concept - the Future Health Account (FHA) - continues the concept of "rationing" or allocating health care based on how rich you are....
... William, In case you haven't seen this... Howard Dean presents his new plan to push for a public option in health care http://standwithdrdean.com/ Video...
... William, I thought the poster was referring to the IBM Future Health Account. I didn't think he/she was talking about a health savings account. When IBM...
http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/march/singlepayer_health_.php Press release from Physicians for National Health Care ... Challenging head-on the powerful private...
My error if this is just a shadow account to get IBM some good PR for a you pay for it supplemental retiree health policy that only gets real if you retire...
Saw it and saw Dean give his new line - "if there is no public insurance policy option you may as well drop the idea of reform of health because nothing will...
Why the hell United Health wanted to buy Golden Rule I will never understand - but it sure worked out well for that CEO and the GOP investors in Golden Rule....
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123897348627091005.html ... The government late Monday is expected to set in stone the 2010 rates it will pay health insurers...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/10/AR2009051002243.html ... The television ads that began airing last week feature horror stories...
Anyone in Britain who wants better coverage or faster access can buy a supplemental private ins policy - or use their wealth and pay cash up front. The US has...
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/12/social_security/index.html ... On Tuesday, May 12, the trustees who oversee Social Security and Medicare will...
I agree the SS "crisis" is bogus - but the life span increase expectation is reasonable - and it was the increase in the life span - plus the reduction in...
Scott, a multimillionaire investor and controversial former hospital chief executive, has become an unlikely and prominent leader of the opposition to...
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2009/05/singlepayer_is_nationalized_he.html ... This week, the JOURNAL examined the political and logistical feasibility...
http://medheadlines.com/2009/05/25/blue-cross-blue-shield-to-launch-ad-campaign-against-obama-health-plan/ ... President Barack Obama has issued the call for...
seriously undermine its ability to make money??? L God bless - they are allowed to exist in the Obama plan as insurance companies, rather than being forced to...
http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2009/06/public-option-smokescreens-and-what-you.html ... I'ved poked around Washington today, talking with friends on the Hill...
Indeed the knives are out for the public option. And as Bob note - and indeed the following report the same info he does - even using his wording more or less...
At one time I think you had provided some info on the profitability of high-deductible health insurance policies. Could you share your expertise? How...
At one time I tried to price for a 12% return - and had my head taken off (15% to 18% was demanded). These are therefore quite profitable - and indeed the...
... Thanks for the info. How does the 15-18% return compare to the return on a policy that is not high-deductible? Also, did the CBO ever score a single-payer...
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