For starters, this is not a problem for most of us. Because most of us don’t live in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, or even Nigeria. Which is exactly where the Ebola virus is a problem now. Yes, if folks do come to “here”, wherever your “here” is, it is a potential issue.
Continue reading PANIC!!!!!!! (Please don’t!)
OK. It’s getting close. Finally, some of the real provisions of the health insurance reform act passed last year are going to come into view. One of the first things that will make a difference- a big one- is IPAB. No, it’s not an Apple product. It stands for Independent Payment Advisory Board. What is does is something pretty special- it will put the brakes on Medicare spending, should the costs rise too quickly and too high.
Continue reading The IPAB: No, it’s NOT a new Apple Product!
There was a great deal of controversy two years ago about the supposed imposition of “death panels” in Obama’s health care plan. Yet, there seems to be no controversy whatsoever about the “death panels” that are implicit in the more than 10 states’ plans to slash Medicaid funding in their states. Dealing with (real and purported) budget shortfalls, these states are slashing their budgets for Medicaid. The end result is that indigent and lower middle class patients will simply be told that there is no money for their care or for care for their children.
Continue reading Remember those “death panels”?