Posts Tagged With 'Health'

Contraceptive Recommendation Creates New Controversy for Health Care Law

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is praising a recommendation from the Institute of Medicine that insurance companies be required to offer free contraceptives to all women in a report she called ” historic,” suggesting she may make the recommendation an official policy.

The prospect of free, government-ordered contraceptives and even agents to induce abortion, has ignited a national debate. Some are clearly pleased.

“The request for the study actually came out of the health care legislation and I am pleased that the secretary has indicated that the department will implement it quickly,” said Rep. Read more…

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Forgoing Care Benefits Insurance Companies But Negatively Affects Americans Health

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Due to our current poor economic times, many Americans are choosing to postpone or forgo health care. While this could negatively affect health, the New York Times is reporting that the change is beneficial to insurance companies with some having first-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ projections by an average of 30%.

Medical experts believe that American consumers are now more conscious of their healthcare costs during this economic recession and being more selective about the type of care they receive.

A report by the Commonwealth Fund, for example, shows that about half of women in the United States bypassed medical care in 2010 because they could not afford it. T

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(Mis-)Using the Tax System to Subsidize Health Spending

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Health reform created the opportunity to redirect tax incentives to promote greater equity, efficiency, and choice in insurance markets. The opportunity, however, has largely been lost. First, tax credits for insurance will be available only through new health insurance exchanges, not to workers with coverage through their employers, which discriminates against one group of low-income people over another based on where they work, not what they can afford. Second, the “Cadillac” tax on high-cost insurance is intended to improve incentives for efficiency in the health system, but it is only a half step that also creates new inequities. Thi

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NFL Players Looking for Better Health Care

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The long awaited NFL lock-out is upon up and players are toughing it out without health insurance.  Many players chose to get coverage through COBRA while negotiations are under way, but there are players taking a risk with no insurance at this time.  This is unfortunately considering one of the main factors the players are fighting for is a significant improvement in health care post-football and a health care reimbursement account.

According to the article “The NFL Labor Situation is Bad, but Resolution Closer Than it Appears” by Peter King on SportsIllustrated.cnn.com, the NFL situation is in the hands of the lawyers and there’s even a possibility games are lost this year while they battle out NFL benefits and contracts.  This c

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Ensuring Children Have Health Insurance

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Most Americans agree that all children need to have access to excellent health care without devastating struggling families.  The government has helped tremendously with this over the years.  Health insurance isn’t cheap, especially for those with pre-existing conditions, but a lot has been done to ensure children are protected.

The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a government sponsored program financed at the state and federal level to expand health care to uninsured children in low income families not eligible for Medicaid.  Most children covered by CHIP are enrolled in managed care health plans that contract with states to offer coverage.

Many would agree this plan is successful as it helps our innocent children who deserve quality health care.  CHIP

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