With news that a California State Senate committee rejected Governor Schwarzenegger's plan by a vote of 7-1, efforts to achieve health care reform this year have all but ended in our biggest state.Governor Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Nunez almost accomplished the impossible with a complexly balanced compromise that would have gone a long way toward solving that state's uninsured
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What President Bush Said in His 2008 State Of The Union Address About Health Care
See the prior post reviewing his 2007 speech. You won't be able to tell the difference between this year and last.President Bush's 2008 health care record will match his 2007 results--nothing was or will be accomplished.It is not surprising that a President in his last year would not launch any new health care initiatives. He also barely mentioned the need to deal with our giant entitlement
What President Bush Said in His 2007 State Of The Union Address About Health Care
Here is what President Bush had to say about health care in his January 2007 State of the Union Address:A future of hope and opportunity requires that all our citizens have affordable and available health care. When it comes to health care, government has an obligation to care for the elderly, the disabled, and poor children. We will meet those responsibilities. For all other Americans, private
A Detailed Analysis of the Romney Health Care Reform Plan
A Detailed Analysis of the 2007 Romney Health Care Reform Plan
See an analysis of the 2012 Romney Health plan Here: A Detailed Analysis of Mitt Romney’s Health Care Reform Plan
This following is a repost from October 22, 2007.Mitt Romney puts his faith in a reinvigorated health care market—not unlike his Republican rivals. But Romney puts a bit of a different spin on that by focusing on
See an analysis of the 2012 Romney Health plan Here: A Detailed Analysis of Mitt Romney’s Health Care Reform Plan
This following is a repost from October 22, 2007.Mitt Romney puts his faith in a reinvigorated health care market—not unlike his Republican rivals. But Romney puts a bit of a different spin on that by focusing on
The Lifetime Benefits Cap on Health Insurance Policies Often Needs Updating
In today's Washington Post, Chris Lee has a story about lifetime maximums in health insurance policies. Sometimes, these caps are as little as $1 million--particularly for individual health insurance polices.As health care policy goes, this is not a widespread issue. The number of people who incur medical costs over $1 million or $2 million is quite small and most health insurance coverage is at
"Strategies To Overcome and Prevent Obesity"--Important Policy Proposals
Taking the point in the effort to deal with obesity in America is the, "Strategies to Overcome and Prevent Obesity Alliannce." It is a broad-based coalition doing good works on this front.They recently sent me the following update on their activities and links to their work:As you know, America’s struggle with its weight is affecting much more than just the shape of the union…it’s actually
The 15% Medicare Doc Cut and Medicare Advantage Payments--The Battle Has Begun Again
Key players in the Congress are voicing some optimism that they can fix the 10% reduction in Medicare physician fees that will occur on July 1 and the further 5% reduction that is on track to follow on January 1, 2009.It is not surprising that Democrats would be sounding optimistic this early in the new session, but what is interesting is that we are hearing some willingness to compromise on the
