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With work well underway to reconcile the House and Senate versions of health insurance reform, it’s perhaps time to remind the folks in charge that the Law of Unintended Consequences cannot be superseded by Congressional fiat. For example, this article at The Hill caught my eye: The Senate plan purports to achieve $483 billion in Medicare savings [...]
One of the subjects in the debate on health care reform has been the question of what the impact will be to premiums paid by consumers, and what the impact would be of subsidization. Senator Bayh (D-IN) asked the Congressional Budget Office to opine…and that opinion was released yesterday. Here’s the bottom line from the [...] 
The Office of the Actuary at CMS (i.e., Medicare’s actuary, Richard Foster) has released an analysis of the House health reform bill. The report (available at Politico) drew a bit of attention this week due to the disclaimer it leads with: The Office of the Actuary has prepared this memorandum in our longstanding capacity as an [...]
I’ve gotten behind in my reading pile again, and am now playing catch-up One of the more interesting pieces in my pile is this column which appeared in Tuesday’s Washington Post, in which Karen Ignani, president of the health insurance trade group, America’s Health Insurance Plans, defended the much-maligned study. (My prior posts on the study: [...]
Before I begin, I need to remind readers of the disclaimer associated with everything I post in my blog: The opinions expressed here are mine alone. They do not necessarily represent those of any employer of mine – past, present, or future. As a matter of professional ethics, I do not publicly write about topics [...]
An article by the New York Times today reports on an industry-funded study claiming that health insurance premiums are projected to increase by 15%, all other things being equal, as a result of the leading reform proposal. Now, I’m not in a position to comment about that particular number, as I haven’t seen the study, and [...]
So, I had the opportunity to spend a little bit of time today in a hospital, while my wife underwent a little bit of testing. Perhaps because of the venue, the early hour, or my general insanity, a few thoughts wandered through my mind. I’m sure they’re all impractical and naïve, but I’ll share in [...]
Via The Moderate Voice, I found this post by Ezra Klein that makes an interesting point on the health care/insurance reform debate: It’s been convenient for critics of health-care reform to assail the Massachusetts effort. But the Massachusetts effort — which was focused on coverage, not cost — worked. It has been a success. It has [...]
Over at Talk Left, Jeralyn made the following observation when exploring the possibility of making Congress’ health plan available to all Americans: As to why we all can’t have that plan: The answer: The country probably couldn’t afford it — not without reforms to bring costs way, way down. Do they mean reforms or reductions in coverage? I [...]
I’m traveling much of the week…but I did want to resurface briefly to mention this New York Times article, which provides an interesting discussion in the challenge of maximizing the reach of health care coverage and in maximizing the affordability: “Under the bill approved by the Senate health committee,” Mr. Finan said, “a family with annual [...] |
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