The health law is working Boston Globe, United States - 5 hours ago ... no state has ever attempted: require everyone (with hardship exemptions) to get health insurance and provide the means for most of them to afford it. ... Editorial: Cost control and health care reform Daily News Tribune HEALTH CARE REFORM II by Jon B. Hurst WBUR Money woes confront state health program Berkshire Eagle all 6 news articles |
Rose DeMoro, guest column: Hey, candidates: selling insurance no ... Waco Tribune Herald, TX - 22 hours ago I purchased my health insurance at what was to me an enormous monthly cost of $760 through that company. “In February ’06 I had some minor chest pains. ... New state plan pushes preventive care for uninsured Austin American-Statesman all 3 news articles |
Rose DeMoro, guest column: Hey, candidates: selling insurance no ... Waco Tribune Herald, TX - 14 hours ago I purchased my health insurance at what was to me an enormous monthly cost of $760 through that company. “In February ’06 I had some minor chest pains. ... New state plan pushes preventive care for uninsured Austin American-Statesman all 3 news articles |
Rose DeMoro, guest column: Hey, candidates: selling insurance no ... Waco Tribune Herald, TX - 5 hours ago I purchased my health insurance at what was to me an enormous monthly cost of $760 through that company. “In February ’06 I had some minor chest pains. ... New state plan pushes preventive care for uninsured Austin American-Statesman all 3 news articles |
Health Insurance Doesn’t Attract Good Legislators Jamestown Post Journal, NY - 6 hours ago Some legislators are also confused because they are, indeed, allowed to get health insurance at taxpayers’ expense — they only have to pick up 15 percent of ... |
Chris Buice talks about health insurance Knoxville News Sentinel, TN - 6 hours ago Our country is the only major industrial nation without universal health care. Some 47 million Americans lack health insurance. The No. ... |
It has not been a good few weeks for state efforts to provide universal health insurance. A pioneering program in Massachusetts to cover hundreds of thousands of uninsured has cost a lot more in its opening phases than originally projected, raising fears about its sustainability. An even more ambitious proposal to cover millions of uninsured in California collapsed in the State Senate over fears that it would prove unaffordable.
Neither setback means that states should stop trying to cover the uninsured — especially since the federal government is AWOL. The problems do suggest that officials need to make the most realistic possible cost estimates and be prepared to provide resources to subsidize coverage for those who can’t afford it.
The Massachusetts plan was the result of compromises between a former Republican governor — Mitt Romney, who lost his enthusiasm just in time for the presidential primaries — and a Democratic Legislature. It required all residents to buy health insurance or suffer financial penalties, subsidized those unable to afford it, imposed a small fee on businesses that failed to provide employee coverage and set up a marketplace where people can buy portable insurance with pretax dollars.
The financial problems are mostly because of underestimating the number of uninsured and the rate at which they would sign up for subsidized coverage. As a result, the state, which had originally expected to spend $472 million on subsidized insurance this fiscal year, now expects to spend about $150 million more than that. It anticipates spending almost $870 million next year.
 Malaysia Star | Looking to insure your health Malaysia Star, Malaysia - 11 hours ago By Dr MILTON LUM Learn about the nuances of private health insurance and managed care. Don’t leave it until the time when there is need to utilise the ... |
