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A thought provoking piece appeared in this morning’s LA Times written by David Lazarus and urging healthcare reform efforts should begin without preconditions. “The employer-based system isn’t our only choice,” he writes, “and we should be open to alternatives (while ensuring that whatever’s taken away from workers in terms of an insurance benefit is returned [...]
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According to a survey by The Commonwealth Fund, an independent foundation working toward health policy reform, health insurance mandates are supported by 80 percent of Democrats, 52 percent of Republicans and 68 percent of Independents who were polled. Any way you split it this comes out to be a majority of Americans. Reading these numbers, [...]
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The popularity of health savings accounts for the poor will be put to the test in Indiana under a program approved Friday by the Bush administration. This according to a story published by The Associated Press and carried on WJLA.com. Under the plan, someone making $20,000 a year could get health coverage for about $19 [...]
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This week cannot slip by without the Health Plan Innovation Blog commenting on the plan that came out of California to privatize the lottery and use the proceeds to help fund universal health care for all Californians. There is no doubt some political maneuvering going on behind the scenes here, but just on the surface [...]
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