The projection of eligible people on Medicare is burgeoning from 47 million to 78 million between 2010 and 2030. Yet, the Part A Medicare hospital insurance fund will not be able to provide full benefits as of 2019. The Kaiser Family Foundation states “financing care for future generations is perhaps the greatest challenge facing Medicare, [...]
This article was written by Rob Novit and corroborates an earlier blog of mine regarding health coverage supplied by employers after Obamacare is in full swing. Graham: National Health Reform Must Be Amended The national heath care reform legislation approved 10 months ago on a party-line vote took the wrong path and must be substantially [...]
Many Americans may now be eligible to get refunds or rebates on money spent on their health insurance. Regulations were released this week detailing the MLR rule- medical loss ratio. This rule is important to hold insurance companies accountable according to Kathleen Sebelius, the Health and Human Services Secretary. The Associated Press explains it by [...]
This article, written by Jane M.Orient, M.D., is an important one to read and consider as we approach Election Day. Our votes do make a difference in future outcomes and it is incumbent upon us to choose the person that will best represent our views. Healthcare Reform and the Election: Money, Power, and Death By: [...]
As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act becomes entrenched, many of us will discover that it is neither, especially not affordable. Case in point is the recent hike in insurance premiums by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut. The state insurance department recently approved premium increases greater than 20% for some of [...]
Healthcare reform mandates that the individual citizen purchase health insurance. Those that do not comply by 2014 will have liens imposed on income or property for failure to purchase the coverage. But, is this mandate constitutional? Attorney Generals in 35 states are challenging the constitutionality of the individual mandate. Lawyer Timothy Jost explained in the [...]
Please take a moment to read this (and act on it!) MASTECTOMY LAW CHANGE Written by a surgeon. I’ll never forget the look in my patients eyes when I had to tell them they had to go home with the drains, new exercises and no breast. I remember begging the doctors to keep these women in the [...]
Medicare physicians can breathe a sigh of relief once again as the Senate voted 289 to 112 delaying the Medicare cut once again until June 1. The measure now awaits President Obama’s signature. CMS (centers for Medicare and Medicaid) will now begin processing the claims that were sent in for medical services rendered but held [...]
