Health Care Reform

2013: The Health Insurance Exchange Cometh

2018-01-04T10:44:32-08:00

The states' online health insurance exchanges form the cornerstone of the 2010 health care reform law.  It is through them that people will receive the benefits of the Affordable Care Act [...]

2013: The Health Insurance Exchange Cometh2018-01-04T10:44:32-08:00

Health Care and Employers in 2013

2013-02-28T14:37:02-08:00

Up until now, most of the news about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) centered around the individual mandate requiring all people to have health insurance. But there's another ACA mandate, the [...]

Health Care and Employers in 20132013-02-28T14:37:02-08:00

2013: Changes Ahead in Health Care

2018-01-04T10:41:35-08:00

After 3 years of rumbling court fights, legislative threats and golden promises, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) moves into first gear and begins 2013 with new taxes and a few changes [...]

2013: Changes Ahead in Health Care2018-01-04T10:41:35-08:00

Health Care This Year Comes with New Taxes

2013-02-02T21:58:48-08:00

Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid, the health program for the poor,  will be expanded, enabling 32 million more people to have health insurance.  The law will also subsidize the [...]

Health Care This Year Comes with New Taxes2013-02-02T21:58:48-08:00

Is there a Doc-Fix for IPAB?

2013-01-05T10:42:59-08:00

Congress has delayed a scheduled cut to doctors' Medicare reimbursements for another year as part of the Fiscal Cliff Agreement.  Fearing the consequences if payments to doctors for Medicare services were [...]

Is there a Doc-Fix for IPAB?2013-01-05T10:42:59-08:00

Concierge Medicine: A Moral Issue?

2012-10-15T10:00:28-07:00

Concierge doctors restrict the number of patients they see, accepting 80-90% fewer patients than their primary care counterparts.  Their patients pay an extra $1500 - $2000 annually, over and above their [...]

Concierge Medicine: A Moral Issue?2012-10-15T10:00:28-07:00

Still More Reasons it’s Unconstitutional

2012-08-08T11:20:56-07:00

The Affordable Care Act Ruling by courts on the Affordable Care Act's Constitutionality centered on the individual mandate and states' rights but many other issues in the bill run [...]

Still More Reasons it’s Unconstitutional2012-08-08T11:20:56-07:00

It’s Still Unconstitutional!

2018-01-05T08:31:50-08:00

Regardless of how the Supreme Court ruled, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional in spirit if not in fact.  Questionable legislative maneuvers, chicanery in costing, an absence [...]

It’s Still Unconstitutional!2018-01-05T08:31:50-08:00
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