Monthly Archive for September, 2009

Without US healthcare plan, states could pay more – Forbes.com

September 30, 2009
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By Lisa Lambert

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – If the U.S. Congress fails to reform health care, states will spend more on their programs for the poor than they currently pay out, according to a new report on Wednesday.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report shows that within a decade the number of people without health insurance could increase by more than 30 percent in more than half of the states. The uninsured are most likely to turn to public programs administered by the states.

Without US healthcare plan, states could pay more – Forbes.com

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Health Care Reform Support Has Increased Since Summer

September 30, 2009
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The Huffington Post |  Rachel Weiner

The anti-reform town hall anger that dominated the health care reform debate appears to have ebbed. Support for health care reform increased in September after falling over the summer, according to a new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Fifty-seven percent of Americans now believe that tackling health care reform is more important than ever — up from 53 percent in August. The proportion of Americans who think their families would be better off if health reform passes is up six percentage points (42% versus 36% in August), and the percentage who think that the country would be better off is up eight points (to 53% from 45% in August).

Health Care Reform Support Has Increased Since Summer

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Poll: Public Says Voice Not Heard In Health Debate : NPR

September 30, 2009
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by Julie Rovner

Perhaps no other issue Congress deals with touches every American as intimately as health care. Yet a new poll by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health finds that, so far, the public feels profoundly shut out of the current health overhaul debate.

“Most people don’t feel that they personally have a voice in this debate,” said Mollyann Brodie, director of public opinion and survey research for the Kaiser Family Foundation. “In fact, 71 percent told us that Congress was paying too little attention to what people like them were saying.”

Poll: Public Says Voice Not Heard In Health Debate : NPR

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Baucus plan would help insurers, not sick people

September 29, 2009
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Billings Gazette

Teddy Roe asks Max Baucus “What would Mike and Lee do?” I bet the answer would be single-payer healthcare.

Baucus’ ineffectual health care proposal isn’t even a good effort. Let’s kill it. If you support reform, you cannot support this bill. Call the president, call Baucus and call Jon Tester.

Wendell Potter, a former insurance executive, calls Baucus’ bill the “Insurance Industry Profit Protections and Enhancement Act.”

Baucus’ proposal is contradictory in stating it will make health care affordable. It won’t. It is contradictory saying it won’t cost taxpayers money. It will.

Baucus plan would help insurers, not sick people

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In Rationing Health Care, More Not Always Better, Experts Say

September 29, 2009
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By Ceci Connolly
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

A dirty word in health-care reform is “rationing,” a term that conjures up the image of faceless government bureaucrats denying lifesaving therapies in the name of cutting costs.

But what if the real issue is not the specter of future rationing, but the haphazard, even illogical, way in which care is delivered today?

Medical professionals say the fundamental problem in the nation’s health-care system is the widespread misuse and overuse of tests, treatments and drugs that drive up prices, have little value to patients, and can pose serious risks. The question, they say, is not whether there will be rationing, but rather what will be rationed, and when and how.

In Rationing Health Care, More Not Always Better, Experts Say – washingtonpost.com

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