Healthcare
I was involved in the following exchange concerning health care and birth control as it related to the election results last night. The “dialogue” is paraphrased. Maybe this can be part of the new approach for conservatives? Actress 1: … The big problem for Republicans is that they refuse to cover birth control. I’m not sure…
We did a post here last week about Darden Restaurant’s plan to reduce employee hours to less than 30 hours per week so that Darden would not be subject to the Obamacare tax for failing to provide “government approved” insurance to every full time employee.
Darden Restaurants operates Red Lobster, Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse. It’s based in Central Florida, so, when it implements significant changes it’s news here. Although Darden calls this new policy a test, somehow I think it is the wave of the future.
Last week the Congressional Budget Office released the “results” of our 2012 fiscal year. To no one’s surprise, we had another trillion dollar deficit. But, there is another troubling number in the analysis, if you are a senior, that is. The growth in Medicare spending was 3%.
Today is the first Monday in October and thus the opening of the United States Supreme Court’s new term. One of the orders issued is a bit unusual.
There was an interesting article yesterday about knee replacement surgery. Before you tune out, this post has a far more important message.
In Ohio during an appearance yesterday, Vice President Joe Biden claimed the GOP Medicare plan would result in a bankrupt program by 2016 and become “vouchercare” where those on the plan would be on their own to use a voucher to find insurance.
Now to the “Ryan” plan. Actually it isn’t the Ryan plan anymore, it has changed. Now it’s the Wyden/Ryan plan which you can read in its entirety here. The co-author of this proposed plan is Senator Ron Wyden (D. Or.). Yes, that was a D.
Today, a major provision of Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius’s health care law will take effect…employers must provide coverage for contraception and abortion, as she has mandated.
Yesterday, the Massachusetts legislature passed a bill which Governor Patrick is expected to sign, that is claimed will dramatically lower health care spending in the state. How will they do this?