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23 Jun 2009, 2:25 pm
  In order to succeed, a health reform plan needs to offer tangible benefits to the 85% or so of the population who already have health insurance (e.g., savings or efficiencies); otherwise there can't be a successful political outcome. [read post]
23 Jun 2009, 11:58 am
They had health insurance, but they’re still $50,000 in debt. [read post]
23 Jun 2009, 7:00 am
One way, of course, is to begin taxing employees' health insurance benefits. [read post]
23 Jun 2009, 12:52 am
In part, this is because the district attorney's offices have funding to prosecute these cases and workers' compensation insurers are being aggressive about presenting them for criminal prosecution. [read post]
22 Jun 2009, 10:56 am
If an offer is made in a time a significant financial need (like when the plaintiff is behind on mortgage, car or health insurance payments), it is likely to be considered or accepted by the desperate plaintiff. [read post]
20 Jun 2009, 6:44 pm
According to the New York Times the House has revealed a plan for sweeping health care reform in the United States.But there are a few hitches.They don't know how much it will cost.They don't know how to fund it.But other than that . . .The draft bill would require all Americans to carry health insurance. [read post]
20 Jun 2009, 4:02 pm
Having made a similar case for a "public option" in the case of health insurance, I like this line of argument, but I think Doctorow is underestimating the barriers to entry. [read post]
20 Jun 2009, 4:00 am
There are bright spots, such as Ecuador's efforts to register undocumented Colombians as refugees; Costa Rica's inclusion of refugees in the national economy, including the right to practice professions and access to health insurance on the same terms as nationals; and the establishment of soccer teams in Ugandan refugee camps as a way to address sexual and gender-based violence. [read post]
19 Jun 2009, 10:02 am
Just be careful not to mix your business funds and your client funds. [read post]
19 Jun 2009, 9:22 am
Furthermore, taxpayers may be more amenable to plans that would tax drugmakers as opposed to taxing employer-provided health insurance, another idea which has been tossed around in Congress recently. [read post]
19 Jun 2009, 6:31 am
In fact, the Department of Labor (which oversees ERISA, or self-funded, plans) actively endorses these tools as a way to help contain insurance and health care costs.Alert Reader © Jeff M informs us that another gummint agency, the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) may be putting the kibosh on this little excercise:"Seemingly oblivious to the ever-increasing concern shared by the rest of the country over rising health care costs, the… [read post]
18 Jun 2009, 5:19 pm
Opinion below (8th Circuit) Petition for certiorari Brief in opposition Docket: 08-1254 Title: Zurich American Insurance Company v. [read post]
18 Jun 2009, 7:09 am
For example, he said that:There are a lot of ways to remedy the situation without nationalizing health care. . . .I worry about encouraging the government to replace the private sector when it comes to providing insurance for health care.Of course, President Obama has not proposed "nationalizing health care. [read post]
17 Jun 2009, 9:49 pm
To answer this question, policymakers are strongly encouraged to consider the International Bank of Intellectual Property (IBIP), which has been recently proposed in the course of working with the World Health Organization over public health, innovation and intellectual property.Patents are widely believed to be indispensable for promoting innovations, or "knowledge production. [read post]
17 Jun 2009, 9:33 pm
That money is intended to pay for residents' health care, officials said; it will pay what insurance won't, and cover the full medical tabs for those without insurance. [read post]
17 Jun 2009, 12:02 pm
"06/18/09 Reuter (source: ADF Alliance Alert):Obama's promise to offer ancillary employee benefits - such as long-term-care insurance and the right to use sick leave to care for domestic partners - while still denying more valuable benefits, such as health insurance and retirement funds, may have further agitated gay and lesbian activists who were already fuming over other perceived snubs.06/17/09 NY Times:[S]everal of the nation's most prominent… [read post]
16 Jun 2009, 3:06 pm
Reid answered that Switzerland, home to many powerful insurance companies, had done it in 1994 when it adopted the Bismarck model [in which doctors, hospitals, and insurers are all private, and insurance is funded jointly by employers and employees . . . but the insurance companies are nonprofit, and coverage, fees, and medical services are all tightly regulated by the state]. [read post]
15 Jun 2009, 8:48 pm
Your May 20 directive setting limits on regulatory preemption impressively affirms the vital role that state regulators play in protecting the health, safety, and financial security of citizens throughout the United States. [read post]
15 Jun 2009, 8:14 am
(In that way they avoid financial risk from sick insures--that risk is assumed by the employer funding the plan). [read post]