Posts Tagged ‘insurance’
Info you should know: Retirement facility staff won’t help if residents have emergency
I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up! There is a story in the SF Gate about a nurse at a retirement facility who would not preform CPR on a resident who collapsed and had a heart attack. This is not something new, but standard policy for many facilities.
Read MoreEmployers may elect to simply stop offering health care benefits
No kidding? This is exactly what the Obama administration and their socialist cohorts want. Employers will look at the options, and all of them will slowly come to the realization health care benefits cost money and since the federal government is going to cover everyone, why be involved at all?
Read MoreCost shifting and Obamacare
A major argument of those in favor of Obamacare is that it will stop cost shifting. The theory goes something like this…because so many people are not paying for medical care, health care providers make up that loss by increasing their prices, insurance companies pay those higher prices, and pass those higher prices on to their…
Read MoreAARP: Health care legislation endorsement will lead to higher costs for employees
No kidding? Although higher health care insurance premiums are mostly the result of higher costs at the provider level, AARP – who endorsed the Democrat’s health care legislation – admits part of the new premium increases are the direct result of Obamacare. On top of that, they are increasing deductibles and co-pays specifically to avoid…
Read MoreWhen the Truth is Found to be Lies
So, remember all those promises that the Democrats and the President made about healthcare? Get to keep your doctor, save you money and it would all be delivered by flying unicorns? Well, maybe not.
Read MoreDoctor shortage amplified with Obama health care system
Eleven months ago, I wrote about the future physician shortage mentioned in the Wall Street Journal. This was prior to the passage of the Democrat-owned health care legislation and nobody wanted to discuss the issue. A study by the Association of American Medical Colleges notes the shortage will now be worse than expected.
Read MoreObama administration threatens insurers
Steve did a post earlier this week about the rise in insurance premiums that consumers are now seeing. The insurance companies have said that anywhere from 1% to 9% of those increases are the direct result of Obamacare mandates, with the rest of any increases attributable to rising health care costs. Yesterday, the Obama administration struck…
Read MorePremium hikes direct result of health care legislation insurers say
As a companion piece to my health care trade-offs post more than two weeks ago, The Wall Street Journal has another article today discussing the premium increases that are starting to hit businesses now that the legislation is law, and open enrollment season is around the corner.
Read MoreHealth care trade-offs – big increases in premiums, costs, for 2011
Really simple actually. If the federal government mandates additional coverage – like coverage for 26 year old “kids” and no lifetime or yearly limits – the cost to provide that coverage will go up. We know that is exactly what Democrats in Congress want. Ask your employer. Ask small business owners. Health care costs are…
Read MoreObama administration argues in court: Individual health care mandate is a tax
Yup, that’s right. After spending months ensuring the American people the health care individual mandate is certainly not a tax, the Obama administration’s Department of Justice has gone to court in defense of their mandate, arguing the mandate is a tax.
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