Archive for July, 2008

Affordable Health Care?

Friday, July 18th, 2008

What does affordable mean? Usually it refers primarily to price, but when it comes to health care insurance, things are about to change in a big way. Watch the industry for big employers dropping insurance coverage for their employees. That will be because of the significant costs of providing it. ...

Beware of Health Care Debates

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Beware of health care debates, especially ones that center around an idea of having health care for all – meaning everyone in the state. While an excellent idea whose time has come (and gone many times) it still gives legislators significant pause for thought. It's no wonder this issue is ...

Health Care – Socialized Medicine?

Friday, July 18th, 2008

The irony of the whole debate over the Medicare deficit is that those who demand socialized medicine, and loudly demand health care for everyone, are the very same people who, when asked if they are prepared to PAY for that to happen, say NO. It's this simple, either you pay ...

Medicare Deficit Staggering

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Medicare and the staggering deficit that faces this country and each state is the elephant in the living room that everyone is politely trying to ignore. The thing is, it won't go away, not without some major help to move it. The same goes with the Medicare deficit. Unless the ...

Health Insurance A Vicious Circle

Friday, July 18th, 2008

The more health care for all gets discussed, the less gets done about it. Why? That usually has to do with politicians and the money it would cost people to make the health care system actually work. What you have is a cycle, a circle that continuously goes around like ...

Health Insurance For All Was a Good Idea

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Oh, it was a great idea when it was first launched – health care for everyone in the state of Pennsylvania funded by the tax on tobacco. It could have been the perfect solution for the uninsured and uninsurable. But--and there always seems to be a but – the politicians ...