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Expanding access to health care

Published on January 23, 2012 By luke

That large disparities in health and access to care exist in Maryland is beyond dispute. Infant mortality rates among black women are three times the rate among white women, and the life expectancy of a resident of an affluent Baltimore neighborhood like Roland Park is nearly 20 years longer than that of a resident of [...]

How do you get free health care under the Health Care Reform?

Published on September 15, 2011 By luke

Okay so my mom canceled her insurance a few weeks ago and I'm starting to wonder what ever happened to Obama's health care reform? Who is eligible and how can we get it? It's scaring me knowing my mom is uninsured. Please help! Thank you! It's not free, you still have to buy it… as [...]

What are some alternative ideas for health care reform?

Published on September 2, 2011 By luke

Since many people are in opposition to the health care reform that Obama is proposing, what are some alternative ideas to health care reform? If there really is a problem with our medical system, what are some other ways of fixing it besides creating one centralized insurance company? Start off by allowing people to still [...]

How to address the impact of health care reform on your business

Published on August 2, 2011 By luke

The major components of health care reform don’t go into effect until 2014, but that doesn’t mean that you can wait until then to act. If you don’t begin planning now for how the changes will impact your company, you could find yourself in trouble, says Steve Freeman, president of USI in San Francisco. “There [...]

Shouldn't health care reform involve helping insurance companies make a bigger profit for the good of us all?

Published on June 2, 2011 By luke

It's simple economics people, if health insurance companies make even more money they will become better at saving rich people's lives. Health care reform should involve forcing everybody to buy from private companies at exorbitant costs, so eventually those private insurers out of the goodness of their heart will invest money into medical technology that [...]

White House Jabs Mitt Romney On “Healthcare Plan”

Published on May 19, 2011 By luke

WASHINGTON — A few days ago, 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney took the unpopular position with a crowd of Republicans and defended the healthcare plan he instituted as former Governor of Massachusetts. While many in the crowd didn’t agree with the “success” of his plan, one group in Washington sure does. The White House -  [...]

Public Opinion and Health Care Reform

Published on May 17, 2011 By luke

In his NY Times column today, Paul Krugman writes: America’s political scene has changed immensely since the last time a Democratic president tried to reform health care. so has the health care picture: with costs soaring and insurance dwindling, nobody can now say with a straight face that the U.S. health care system is O.K. [...]

What is this health care reform really exposed to be?

Published on May 10, 2011 By luke

i have heard that it is going to be like Canada's free health care for all, but how does that work? and how is the reform going to work? will we have to pay for our own health insurance? also: is Glenn beck a reliable resource? I am reporting this to , I have deemed [...]

How congress and president keep their check and balance with the health care reform?

Published on April 25, 2011 By luke

I need help with, I do not know anything about what is happening right now with the health care reform. does they are having any obstacle to pass this bill or reform?

What expletive did Joe Biden use at the health care press conference?

Published on April 9, 2011 By luke

"Vice-President Joe Biden used an expletive while talking to President Barack Obama prior to the signing of the health care reform bill." news.yahoo.com/video/health-15749… Cannot catch that! That would be the F bomb The "F" word. Same one that Dick Cheney used toward congress, the same one that George Bush used in rejecting the notion that [...]