Insurance Plans that Can Charge You More, and Other Links
Guess which insurance plans can charge you more if you are young and disabled with pre-existing conditions and will continue to do so under ObamaCare? Government regulated medigap plans, like the ones offered by AARP!
Almost 13% of Texans will still be uninsured after ObamaCare is implemented. In California, almost 12% will remain uninsured.
Remote monitoring of patients in intensive care units has spread to 300 hospitals in 40 healthcare systems across 30 states. Vital signs and the visual condition of patients are displayed on five to six computer workstations that can keep track of multiple patients.
Does physician empathy matter? Yes, at least for diabetics.
Competition matters: Hospitals in Northern California collect 56 percent more revenue per patient per day than hospitals in Southern California.
The Urban Institute study that finds 13% of Texans will be uninsured after the Affordable Care Act is implemented also predicts that only 28 million people will gain coverage across the country. This is lower than the 32 million to 34 million the CBO and Medicare Chief Actuary estimate.
First link is incredible. I had to re-read it several times.
All the benenfits of reform that Obama and the congressional Democrats keep talking about are being paid for by screwing everyone on Medicare.
It’s hard to believe that so many millions of people will still be uninsured after a complete government takeover of the health care system.
I already knew that empathy matters. And I suspected that competition matters. How could it not matter?
What a complete hypocrit Obama is. Pre-existing conditions don’t matter, UNLESS YOU ARE ON MDEICARE!
Remote monitoring: soon it will be from India rather than down the hall. But, the good news is that orthroscopic surgery will be the same way. It will make for a more efficient market.
He can enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan, that, depending on where he lives, has a low or no monthly premium. When he turns 65, he’ll be able to enroll in a Medigap plan without medical review as long as he does so no later than 3 months after his birthday, if things stay the same as they are now. Premiums will be much more affordable when he turns 65.
Let’s face it: the Affordable Care Act is neither affordable (for most people) and doesn’t offer care (in the form of health insurance) to everyone. The whole idea of it is to initiate and enact socialized medicine leading to a single-payer system.