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...
Outside brain trusts have scored single payer as an immediate 15% savings (for individual and small business a 30% savings) with further savings over time (of...
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/4882/capitalist_health_insurance_for_all/ ... Here's what corporations know, but don't want you to find out: Private...
The Federal Gov self-insures its casualty loss risk - but not its life insurance risk (a massive program called Federal employee life insurance - FEGLI -...
Yes - very true The banks know the current extreme spreads (high profit margins as cost of funds from Fed are so much smaller than rate earned on loans) can...
I have had a high deductible healthcare plan (HDHP) along with a health savings account (HSA) for a couple of years. The HSA is at a credit union so it is not...
CD - If you can take a chance of a $200,000 cancer treatment hit to your wealth, the HSA can work for you (high deductible is often matched with a yearly ...
Bill, I just checked my Health Care Certificate, and there is no annual payout limit. There is a $5 million lifetime maximum per person. With elderly parents...
CD, Great - I am glad it works for you. As I said, using funds for preventive care when you self-insure goes against the grain for most people, but if you can...
http://www.cbpp.org/files/9-20-06health.pdf ... A groundbreaking new study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) demonstrates that Health Savings...
Go to ERIC.ORG. Right-hand column--fourth item down-- right after CASH BALANCE PLANS (gee, imagine that!) is CONSUMER-DRIVEN HEALTH CARE That should tell you...
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