And again

A study of Congressional Budget Office data by a respected MIT economist finds that the Senate health care bill will save consumers money. The new study found savings of $200 on health insurance premiums for single folks and savings of $500 for a family of four in 2009 dollars once the new plans become available. [...]

Republicans, wrong…again

A recent poll found that 90% of Canadians support, or somewhat support the Canadian health care system. The Canadian Institute for Research on Public Policy found that while the Canadian system may not be perfect, they want to keep what they have and Canadians praise President Obama for trying to reform the U.S. system. The [...]

Denny the Dodger

Back in July, Denny Rehberg signed the Let Freedom Ring, “Responsible Healthcare Reform Pledge“. He pledged to not vote to enact any health care reform legislation that he has not read personally in it’s entirity and that has not been available on the internet for at least 72 hours. The good news is, that Denny [...]

Snowe Job

It’s come down to this. Democrats can’t stop two of their own from actively signing on to the Republican agenda so, we once again are willing to pay the price of letting more people die so a single Republican, Olympia Snowe, will play nice. President Obama is now actively courting Snowe by pushing her “trigger” [...]

Failure to launch

I love this! Jonathan Karl at ABC News reported yesterday that
Democratic sources tell me that Reid – after a series of meetings with Democratic moderates – has concluded he can pass a bill with a public option.
That’s certainly good news. It’s possible that this is really just a trial balloon to see if they can [...]

It’s Health CARE

Christina Turner was drugged and brutally raped. Fearing that she may have been exposed to HIV, her doctor recommended that she undergo treatment with anti-AIDS drugs. Fortunately, she never developed HIV. Months later, she lost her health insurance and discovered that the preventative treatment had morphed into a pre-existing condition and she could not get [...]

The real cost of coal

As Congress moves haltingly forward with health care and energy reforms, the National Research Council has released a very interesting peer-reviewed report on the Hidden Health and Environmental Costs of Energy Production and Consumption.
The report, done for the Department of Energy, examines the “hidden costs” of energy, such as the damage done to human health [...]

Reform it ain’t

Well, finally! “Mad Max and the Baucus Caucus” got a bill out of committee. And, they even got their token Republican. It’s long, crappy, full of holes and packed with candy for the insurance industry, but at least they moved something like a bill. It will never see a vote by the full Senate let [...]

Wellpoint bill goes to vote tomorrow

Today, the health insurance industry put forth the strongest argument yet for including a public health insurance option in any bill that comes out of Congress. The day before the Finance committee votes, they released a report done by PriceWaterhouseCoopers for America’s Health Insurance Plans, the PR arm of the industry. The report concluded that, [...]

What’s not to like?

Cripes! What happened? I took a few days off to visit some relatives down in Mormondom and I came back to winter! What is this, Montana?
I see by an article in the Missoulian this morning that the Montana health insurance cabal is positioning itself for passage of the Baucus Boondoggle. They certainly have nothing to [...]