by Bruce Webb How many people in the “Read the Bill” movement will in fact read the bill? Well here is their chance.HR3200: Energy and Commerce passed version I would be interested in knowing how this bill saves $100 billion over the version reported out by Education and Labor House Tri-Committee Health Care Bill. First […]

rdan Taunter explains how the .5% rescission rate figure discussed in the hearings on health insurance premiums and coverage is used to dismiss Congressional concerns as inconsequential and actually is a good business practice that will not change. It is worth going to the post to accurately follow the train of thought. Taunter concludes that […]

Tom aka Rusty Models for health care organizations? In a recent post I opined the Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic, both favorites of President Obama, were not models for wide application to the rest of the nation. In response to a spirited debate (thanks Coberly) I wrote up these comments. Starting in the 90s a […]

by Bruce Webb Republican obstructionists to Obama’s agenda have developed a new tactic. Seemingly forgetful of how Republican majorties jammed through huge bills without letting Dems actually read them, they now insist that every Dem has to read every bit of every bill and more specifically the Health Care Bill. Well in reality that is […]

By Spencer: Well at least the stock market seems to like Obama’s economic package. But every day I listen to CNBC analysts and others who seem to believe they did better under Bush’s and want to stick with the policies that generated a 40% stock market decline.

rdan Slate has an article that is interesting. Are current health insurance companies a doomed model anyway? The declining numbers aren’t simply a function of job loss. A Bureau of Labor Statistics study released this week found that in March 2009, only about 70 percent of private-sector workers had access to employer-provided medical care benefits, […]

Robert Waldmann wonders why ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M.HERSZENHORN of the New York Times broke the main rule of fair and ballanced journalism — one must never question the honesty of a Republican. Out of some residual respect for journalistic standards, they put their gasp reporting after their jump. On the Senate side of the […]

by reader Sammy “Are Per Capita Spending and Life Expectancy Statistics an accurate measure of US Health Care Efficiency?” Proponents of some degree of nationalization of health care generally cite some variation of the following “The US spends more per capita on health care than any other country, and yet has one of the lowest […]