Category Archives: Health Insurance Reform

Healthcare Under Trump

Gentle Reader – We are in for a rather wild ride, and I don’t mean that in the most pleasant or interesting way. The new administration – or should I say anti-administration since Trump has appointed government haters to his … Continue reading

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G.O.P. Plans to Replace Health Care Law With ‘Universal Access’

Gentle Reader – Here is Mr.Ryan’s plan. Allow people to find health insurance, if they want it. Thus, people who are sick, or become sick, will look desperately for insurance, while the healthy will stay  – if they so wish … Continue reading

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Price – Empowering Patients First Act of 2015

Gentle Reader – Soon to be Secretary of Health and Human Services Price’s vision of what will replace the Affordable Care Act. 44,000 words, that spell out less and more expensive coverage, unless you are young and healthy. —————————————– F:\M14\PRICEG\PRICEG_021.XML … Continue reading

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The Sick and the Poor – Trump’s First Victims

Gentle Reader – About 20 million of you, who were helped by President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Car Act (ObamaCare, The ACA) are about to be thrown to the wolves by an Administration – the Trump Administration – that … Continue reading

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Trump Health-Care Agenda Evolves Toward Core Republican Thinking – The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-health-care-agenda-evolves-toward-core-republican-thinking/2016/11/11/a31858c4-a828-11e6-8fc0-7be8f848c492_story.html?tid=a_inl#comments   By Amy Goldstein November 11 During the brief period since his election, President-elect Donald Trump has begun to revise his health-care agenda in ways that conform more closely to the heart of Republican thinking in recent decades.On the … Continue reading

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Repeal Obamacare? Not Quite So Easy….Unless You’re Peddling Hokum

Gentle Reader – this thoughtful piece is from the Washington Post. Authored by Steven Pearlstein, a WaPo business and economics writer, he is also Robinson Professor of Public Affairs at George Mason University. Some data before you go on to … Continue reading

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Quora Query: My dad came from Spain to the US to visit me and had to go to ER at UCLA. I’m estimating the bill to be around $10,000 (no insurance). I’…

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Quora Query: Do American Physicians Allow their Patients to Die if They Have No Money to Pay for Care?

Gentle Reader – I was asked to answer this on Quora (www.Quora.com) and thought it might prove of interest.  Comments are, as always, requested. AJL =============================================== While there is much wrong with the American Health System, one of the things … Continue reading

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Quora Query: Is there Only One Universal Coverage Alternative to the Current US Health Insurance System Which Would be the Most Efficient ?

Gentle Reader – My son suggested I pay attention to Quora – an on line Q&A system – and I now do. Here is a question I was asked to answer. Interesting question, for sure. AJL ———————————— The answer to … Continue reading

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Mental Health and the Affordable Care Act – Not So Fast !

Gentle Reader – Although this was posted in 2013, it remains true in January of 2020. This was an idiotic rule made for the implementation of the ACA. Yet another of the 320 million reasons that we really need Medicare … Continue reading

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