Posts Tagged ‘health care’
Small companies begin terminating health care benefits in Massachusetts
As many expected, some businesses in Massachusetts actually have accountants – or maybe just calculators – and have figured out it will be less expensive and more stable for their business plans to drop health care benefits for employees and pay the fine.
Read MoreNBC in Dallas notes the obvious – Docs pull out of Medicaid
When the government pays health care providers less than it costs the provider to provide the service, the providers will elect not to provide the service. I really tried hard to get another reference to provide in there…
Read MoreCan you force a physician to lose money?
Although this story is about the situation in Texas, it is happening in other states as well. As it turns out, it costs more money to take care of the needs of senior citizens then what the government plan is willing to pay.
Read MoreHealth Care Tax … on your home? Update: Only if you make $200,000 plus
Remember the conveyance tax. That’s the tax you pay when you sell your home in Connecticut. Well move over conveyance tax … you’ve got company. From Gateway.
Read MoreObama administration refuses to review health care cost report prior to vote (Update)
One week prior to the health care vote in Congress, the Obama administration received a report from Medicare and Medicaid actuaries indicating medical costs would increase more than $38 billion each year for the next 10 years. Nobody wanted to even look at it until after the vote.
Read MoreBarak Obama, the Titanic edition
Things are looking mighty bad for President Barak Obama. His signature issue of health-care reform? Sinking…
Read MoreHealth insurers still the bad guy – LA Times journalistic malpractice
The attacks on insurance companies continue this morning, with Matt Drudge linking to the “Healthcare overhaul won’t stop premium increases” story at the Lost Angeles Times. Not once – not once – does the Times look into why the premiums are increasing.
Read MoreThousands game the health care system in Massachusetts
Barbara Vicevich – contributor here at Radio Vice Online – discussed the Massachusetts health care plan this morning on the big show. Sure enough, Boston.com has the story about short-term customers gaming the system and raising costs for everyone else.
Read MoreMedicare drops mom with cancer – probably will get treatment
I’ll be honest here, I’m not certain if we have the full story, but it is disturbing none-the-less. A mom undergoing treatment for cancer was denied a procedure because her income level went “too high” after Social Security suggested she sign her son up for disability benefits.
Read MorePeople really think they can sign up for free health care!
People are starting to contact insurance companies asking how they can sign up for Obama’s free health care plan. Do you think they will freak out when they find out they have to pay for it, and if they don’t, the IRS will ensure they do?
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