I gave a presentation today to the Michigan Intergenerational Network at Madonna University on the economic prospects of Medicare (U.S.). Thanks to the Madonna Univ. Gerontology Department for support and assistance. For a downloadable and viewable copy of the presentation, see: https://jimluke.com/course-resources/presentations/busting-myths-about-medicare/.
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Easy Way to Fix Obamacare and Cut Deficit
The easy way to fix Obama's healthcare bill/law and at the same time cut the federal deficit. Just sayin'... The Easy Way to Cut the Federal Deficit by Jonathan Zasloff One can debate the political pros and cons of President Obama’s proposed budget: Jonathan Chait does an excellent job here debating with — himself! But … Continue reading Easy Way to Fix Obamacare and Cut Deficit
U.S. Healthcare Spending 2009- Sources and Uses
U.S. Healthcare Spending 2009 - Where It Came From: U. S. Healthcare Spending 2009 - Where It Went and How It Was Used Source and downloadable PDF for the above at http://www.cms.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/downloads/PieChartSourcesExpenditures2009.pdf
Healthcare Act – Unintended Consequences
So far I've largely stayed away from commenting on the lawsuits and Republican/Tea Party attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act of 2010 that everyone refers to as Obamacare (odd choice of name since it doesn't set up any government-operated healthcare facilities - it's mostly about insurance, not care delivery). It seems that there are … Continue reading Healthcare Act – Unintended Consequences
If Drug Ads Were Honest…
Girl Normal nails it with this post: The Cure Is Worse Than the Disease... It's interesting that the U.S. is one of the very few developed countries (I think New Zealand is the only other) where advertising of prescription drugs is legal. Of course health care costs in the U.S. are waaay higher than any … Continue reading If Drug Ads Were Honest…
Ok, so apparently 14 or more state Attorneys General, including my state's AG, Mike Cox, have filed lawsuits to try to stop the recently enacted Healthcare Reform Act. These AG's claim to acting in the interests of their citizens to "protect" them against waste, fraud, and so-called unconstitutional mandates by the federal government. Apparently in … Continue reading
Healthcare Reform in 2 sentences
Excerpting from Brad Delong: we have moved from having by far the worst health care financing system in the OECD to a health care financing system that is merely bad by the standards of the OECD... ...People will wake up one morning and realise that the healthcare bill hasn’t brought socialism to America. And ... … Continue reading Healthcare Reform in 2 sentences
Healthcare Reform Explained
Alter Reiss explains the healthcare bill that just passed in the US: Some myths about the current healthcare bill explained. There's been a lot of talk about this lately, so I figured that I'd clear up a few common misconceptions people seem to have about the recently passed Health Care Reform bill. Myth 1: With … Continue reading Healthcare Reform Explained
Healthcare: Do It Because It’s the Right Thing To Do
The following is important enough to repeat in full from Krugman at Demons And Demonization. What I want to add is that the opponents of Healthcare Reform claim to be supporters of "liberty" and "free markets" and claim to be opposed to the "tyranny" of government involvement. Yet what is very clear (and this story … Continue reading Healthcare: Do It Because It’s the Right Thing To Do
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