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Insurance Innovation: How to Succeed after Reform — and Repeal (Joel Hay)

delon — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:07:11 +0000

The USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics hosted a conference Oct. 22, 2010, titled, “Health Reform and the Economy: Are They Good for Each Other?” Conference panels examined critical reform issues related to reducing costs, improving quality, ensuring innovation and changing health care delivery. The assembly of renowned speakers from government, academia and industry presented different views — some were concerned that health reform will not control costs, while others believed that incentives in the new health law for more robust information technology and provider payment reform will begin to bend the cost curve. In the panel titled “Insurance Innovation: How to Succeed after Reform,” panelists Michael Chernew, Jay Gellert and Joel Hay (presentation: “Insurance Innovation: How to Succeed after Reform — and Repeal”) discussed the challenges and opportunities health insurers face in the new environment. Focusing on key insurance provisions of the new law, the question was raised as to whether insurers will continue to practice selection strategies. In contrast, the potential for insurers to keep coverage affordable by innovating in areas such as value-based insurance design and outcomes-based provider payment was also explored. Learn more about the University of Southern California: www.usc.edu Learn more about the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics healthpolicy.usc.edu

Cox and Dillon: Working Against Health Insurance Reform for Michigan Families

delon — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:06:18 +0000

What do Attorney General Mike Cox and House Speaker Andy Dillon have in common? They are both working against the new health insurance reform law that will help millions of Michigan families get access to affordable health care. Virg Bernero isn’t afraid to stand up and say he supports the new law. That’s the kind of leadership Michigan needs in our next governor.

Paul Ryan’s attempt for an adult conversation on debt & entitlement reform

delon — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:06:55 +0000

www.americanroadmap.org Congressman Paul Ryan continues his efforts to advance an adult conversation on the urgent need to protect Social Security for current and future generations. Ryan’s efforts were met — again — with false attacks earlier today on CNN’s Situation Room in a spirited exchange with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. By pushing desperate demagoguery and no solutions, leading Democrats threaten to shred the critical social safety net as our crushing burden of debt explodes and our critical health and retirement security programs collapse. Facts on Social Security and Ryan’s Roadmap Should politicians continue to cling to the unsustainable status quo, Social Security will not be able to meet its promise to our seniors, imposing painful benefit cuts on those most reliant on this critical program. The Social Security Administration continues to warn of across-the-board 22% benefit cuts for seniors in the heart of their retirement when the Trust Fund is exhausted. Social Security continues to run annual cash deficits, with over $5 trillion in unfunded liabilities. To meet this challenge, Congressman Paul Ryan offered an invitation for solutions — putting forward a specific plan the Congressional Budget Office and the Social Security Administration’s Chief Actuaries confirmed would save Social Security, making it sustainably solvent for current and future generations. Ryan’s legislative proposal — HR 4529, A Roadmap for America’s Future — makes no changes to …

WH Puts Insurance Exec In Charge Of Implementing Health Care Reform

delon — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:07:06 +0000

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Alex Covers Obama’s Health Care Reform Bill and Finds ‘illegals’ are “EXEMPT” on Alex Jones Tv

delon — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:07:48 +0000

(NaturalNews) Mrs. Bouchard seemed upset. “I can’t afford health care as yet.” The new health reform bill Made her sickly and ill “But I’d rather have cancer than debt!” What’s really in Obama’s health care reform bill? Almost no one knows, and here’s why: It’s 1017 pages long and written in an alien form of bureaucratic English that can barely be decoded by earthlings. And yet, astonishingly, a US Army translator has been found who speaks “Washington Doublespeak” and he was kind enough to decode the bill and post his plain-language findings over at FreeRepublic.com (www.freerepublic.com Below, we reprint what he found in the health care reform bill. As you read this, keep in mind that some of these translations are a bit loose with the interpretations, but I’ve personally spot-checked these points, and they are indeed all contained in the bill in one form or another (shrouded in Doublespeak language, of course). Editor’s note: I don’t personally agree with every interpretation listed here, and some of the bill’s provisions are actually good ideas (like banning doctors from owning stock in health care companies). But overall, this interpretation points out many alarming provisions in the proposed health care reform bill… From CMS at FreeRepublic.com: • Page 16: States that if you have insurance at the time of the bill becoming law and change, you will be required to take a similar plan. If that is not available, you will be required to take the government option! • Page …

Congressman Scott speaks on HR 5114, the Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act of 2010

delon — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:07:50 +0000

HR 5114 will reauthorize and improve the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is the primary source of reliable, affordable flood insurance coverage for millions of American homes and businesses. The bill includes an amendment by Congressman Scott to allow NFIP premiums to be paid in installments.

Gerald Celente: Finance reform, just a show

delon — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:07:06 +0000

Wall Street regulation is the hot topic today; President Barack Obama gave a speech to the finance industry encouraging them to join him in reforming Wall Street. Gerald Celente says that there is a huge problem with Obamas Financial Reform bill because the same people that got us into this economic mess are the ones advising Obama.

Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor

delon — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:06:12 +0000

In which John, who is kind of a fiscal conservative, uses the example of Hank to show how the current American health care system disincentivizes economic growth and entrepreneurship and argues that a public insurance option (even like the hodgepodge one in Montana) does not result in public bankruptcy but a more efficient and productive economy. Our community lives at www.nerdfighters.com

President Obama Signs Health Reform Into Law

delon — Tue, 04 May 2010 04:06:10 +0000

President Obama signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a historic piece of legislation that will expand health insurance coverage to millions of Americans and put an end to the worst insurance industry practices.

How Insurance Companies Will Make Even More Money from “Health Care Reform”

delon — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:44:11 +0000

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