Posts Tagged ‘Universal Health Care’

Boozman: "Health Care Mandate Threatens Much-Needed Assistance Provided by …

Filed under: individual health insurance coverage

On January 20th , the Department of Health and Human Services issued a mandate requiring almost all private health insurance policies, including those issued by religious institutions, to cover free sterilizations and contraceptives at no cost to …
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The Tortuous History of Conservatives and the Individual Mandate

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In addition, in those days, most proposals for universal health care that were to the right of government-run single-payer were based upon forcing employers to sponsor private-sector health coverage for all of their employees.
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Coventry Health Care Reports Fourth Quarter Earnings

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Healthy San Francisco, The City's Universal Health Care Plan, Finalist For …
Filed under: medicare dental coverage

"Insurance is always a better choice because Healthy San Francisco has limited services and places you can go to get medical care. The program does not include vision or dental care, and services are confined to San Francisco only. …
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Understanding the basics of Medicare Advantage
Filed under: medicare dental coverage

The advantage of a Medicare Advantage plan lies in its lower premium, which often includes the Part D drug coverage as part of the package. In addition, some plans offer extra benefits such as dental, vision and free health club memberships. …
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Calif. medical groups seek to block Medicaid cuts
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Question by JZD: What exactly is it about having access to universal healthcare that some American’s find so terrifying?
“The United States is the only industrialized democracy that does not ensure universal health care coverage, with an estimated 36 million Americans uninsured”. Reuters as quoted by Yahoo News.
And according to last month’s National Geographic, the US pays (per person) at least twice the average of other nations to get less healthcare.
The private medical insurance providers and the NHS both operate in the UK.
So what’s so terrible about what every other Western democracy has, that parts of the US doesn’t want?
Is it at all relevant that no country has opted to abandon universal healthcare in favour of the US model?
Is it at all relevant that not a single UK party – from the extreme right to the loony left, advocates abolishing or even restricting the NHS?
I genuinely don’t get it and I’d welcome some illumination [without the cliched glib comments, pleasee]

Health cost of 6 U.S. climate disasters: billion
Filed under: texas health insurance
Conley, who runs a heating and air conditioning business, said his monthly health insurance premiums are $ 1100 with a $ 5000 deductible. "When does it get to the point where I can't afford it?" Conley said by phone. "What happens when Jake gets worse? … Read more on Reuters

Republican presidential candidates on the issues
Filed under: texas health insurance
Texas has the highest percentage of uninsured people in the nation. Signed a law that would allow Texas — subject to federal approval — to band together with other states and take over the role of providing health care coverage for the elderly, … Read more on The Associated Press

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Mitt Romney's Medicare Mythology
Filed under: private health insurance
Seniors in Medicare Part B would also face a 3 percent premium increase since younger and healthier enrollees would be routed out of Medicare and into private insurance. Beneficiaries in health care reform's exchanges would see a similar spike in … Read more on ThinkProgress

Vote 'Yes' on Issue 2
Filed under: private health insurance
It does mandate that all public employees pay at least 15 percent of their health insurance costs and 10 percent of their personal pension contributions. That brings them closer the realities of today's private sector workers, most who still pay far … Read more on Wooster Daily Record

A path to health care
Filed under: mental health insurance
He encouraged families-in-need to pre-enroll in some assistance program for preventative care in their children, rather than waiting until the case of an emergency. Comprehensive Mental Health Services is available for those with severe mental health … Read more on Blue Springs Examiner

Insurance and the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Filed under: mental health insurance
The recent decision by the United States Court for the Ninth Circuit requiring health care insurers to pay for residential treatment as part of mental health parity has important implications for the millions of Americans with eating disorders. … Read more on New York Times

The Writers Room – Mental Health Day