Even in the ER, Fairview patients faced bill collectors | StarTribune.com:
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Attorney general: Fairview put squeeze on patients | StarTribune.com
Attorney general: Fairview put squeeze on patients | StarTribune.com
A story for those who tell us that people can get care at hospitals even if they don't have insurance or the money to pay the high deductibles/co-pays. Hard nose collection agent's efforts in the ER of a hospital -- now that is not a pretty picture. Story also on TV @ http://cbsloc.al/J8ZOlS
A story for those who tell us that people can get care at hospitals even if they don't have insurance or the money to pay the high deductibles/co-pays. Hard nose collection agent's efforts in the ER of a hospital -- now that is not a pretty picture. Story also on TV @ http://cbsloc.al/J8ZOlS
Monday, April 16, 2012
America's Superficial Health Care Debate Silences Single-Payer Supporters
America's Superficial Health Care Debate Silences Single-Payer Supporters
Excerpt:
" "We have the solution, we have the resources and we have the money to provide lifelong, comprehensive, high-quality health care to every person," Dr. Flowers said when we spoke a few days ago in Washington, D.C. Many Americans have not accepted the single payer approach "because people get confused by the politics," she said. "People accept the Democratic argument that this [Obamacare] is all we can have or this is something we can build on."
"If you are trying to meet the goal of universal health coverage and the only way to meet that goal is to force people to purchase private insurance, then you might consider that it is constitutional," Flowers said. "
Excerpt:
" "We have the solution, we have the resources and we have the money to provide lifelong, comprehensive, high-quality health care to every person," Dr. Flowers said when we spoke a few days ago in Washington, D.C. Many Americans have not accepted the single payer approach "because people get confused by the politics," she said. "People accept the Democratic argument that this [Obamacare] is all we can have or this is something we can build on."
"If you are trying to meet the goal of universal health coverage and the only way to meet that goal is to force people to purchase private insurance, then you might consider that it is constitutional," Flowers said. "
Thursday, April 12, 2012
New Conservative Reports Aims To Undermine Obamacare And Medicare At The Same Time | TPMDC
New Conservative Reports Aims To Undermine Obamacare And Medicare At The Same Time | TPMDC
“The trust fund notion is bound up with the notion of creating a system in which people are considered to have earned the right to their benefits by paying in taxes, whether it be Social Security or part A of Medicare,” Van de Water said. “Opponents of these programs don’t like that notion. It makes the programs too hard to change, and since they think they should be changed, they find that result unfortunate."
Monday, April 9, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The case for universal care at the state level | StarTribune.com
The case for universal care at the state level | StarTribune.com:
Excerpt:
"Here's what we found: If Minnesota adopted a unified system with a statewide risk pool, continuous coverage, a common benefit set, and uniform payment rates and reimbursement rules, the annual administrative savings would approach $5 billion. The negotiating clout of a single buyer could save Minnesotans nearly $1 billion on prescription drugs and medical equipment. And with a single claims administrator and the subpoena powers of a state program, we could reduce fraud and realize another $200 million in savings. Paying for the system with a progressive tax structure, rather than increasingly expensive premiums, would reduce average health care costs for all households, except for those in the very highest income brackets."
The full report [Beyond the Affordable Care Act: An Economic Analysis of a Unified System of Health Care for Minnesota] mentioned in the article is available at this link.
Excerpt:"Here's what we found: If Minnesota adopted a unified system with a statewide risk pool, continuous coverage, a common benefit set, and uniform payment rates and reimbursement rules, the annual administrative savings would approach $5 billion. The negotiating clout of a single buyer could save Minnesotans nearly $1 billion on prescription drugs and medical equipment. And with a single claims administrator and the subpoena powers of a state program, we could reduce fraud and realize another $200 million in savings. Paying for the system with a progressive tax structure, rather than increasingly expensive premiums, would reduce average health care costs for all households, except for those in the very highest income brackets."
The full report [Beyond the Affordable Care Act: An Economic Analysis of a Unified System of Health Care for Minnesota] mentioned in the article is available at this link.
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