Reading about the current proposals floating around out there, my heart sank. I spent much of last night crying. It’s clear we’re not going to get any health care reform legislation that is going to help people with orphan diseases, or remove the cost of their care from the national budget. Most likely families like [...]
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Medicare for many
Posted in Politics, health care, the patient experience on October 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
All you can eat
Posted in Politics, health care on October 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Another late night Google adventure and too much link surfing led me to an interesting website tackling the health care issue from a view quite different from mine. This post is an excellent explanation of one area of waste in health care. Managed care sought to make a profit on cheap care. The only way [...]
Why health care co-ops are not the answer
Posted in Politics, health care, the patient experience on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am a strong proponent of a public option. My preference, for feasibility and affordability, would be a “Medicare for All” by choice, with a few caveats: ERISA needs reforming, Medicare reimbursement rates need adjusting to be more reasonable, and less punitive towards states that use health care funds wisely, and users are going to [...]
Profit: 1 Orphans: 0
Posted in Politics, health care, the patient experience on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I went googling for information on how Sen. Baucus’s proposed health care reforms might possibly allow us access to health coverage. I found this post from a New York Times blog. Having just been through a layoff, our personal situation is to complex to use as an estimate, so we’ll go with a 4 person [...]
Will Divorce for Health Insurance
Posted in Kaiser Permanente, Politics, health care on September 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My husband was a Kaiser employee, until their recent IT layoff. He still works there, but now he’s a contractor (read: no bennies). For the last 8 years we’ve been with Kaiser, my health care has mostly been an endless game of no-care hide and go seek. Except for a brief, shining period of about [...]
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