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American Health Care: Spend More, See Doctor Less, Live Less Than Average
The best we can say about the wimpy health insurance reform bill Congress is the Tim Johnson line that it's a step in the right direction. But America's broken health care system will need a lot more steps to get to the real solution: real universal ...
British Columbia Health Insurance Family Premium Rises to $114 Per Month
My wife and I lived in Vancouver, British Columbia for eight months in 2004 and 2005. We bought our health insurance, as required, from the B.C. government. Our couple's premium, paid to Uncle Sam—er, well, in Canada, I guess that would be Uncl...
Special Interests Spending Public Option off the Table
I mentioned last month that there is a pretty clear correlation between how House members voted on health care reform and how much money they've received from health and insurance industry donors.South Dakota's Blue Dog Congresswoman has previously s...
Health Care: Small Business Sees Need for Uncle Sam Insurance
The Chamber of Commerce and Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin obviously aren't speaking for small business. The Main Street Alliance recognizes that health insurance reform is good for business, not to mention our fellow Americans:Rick Poore spent $61,0...
New Study: World Does Health Care Better Than U.S.
As the Senate gets ready to debate health insurance reform, lets take a look at some of the latest data on the status quo that the GOP (and the Blue Dogs) will try to defend. A new study just published this month in Health Affairs finds the following...
Health Insurance Surprise: Republicans Pay for Abortions
Did you know the Republican National Committee offered its employees health insurance that covered abortions? Neither did the Republican National Committee. Their health policy had covered abortions since 1991... until last Friday, when Chairman Mich...
Health Care Notes: Medicare for All, End-of-Life Expense
Worthwhile reading on health insurance reform:Heaven forbid a Democrat act like a Democrat: Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin spun fast to get away from fellow Democrat Howard Dean's claim that South Dakota's lone Congressperson can be counted as a vote...
Uterus = Pre-existing Condition: Health Insurers Discriminate Against Women
Hat tip to Joe Bartmann (sometimes I actually learn something from Twitter)!While Dakota War College groans about Rep. Herseth Sandlin trying to take action to prevent problems that don't exist, let's take a look at a problem DWC will have an even ha...
