First look at Obama’s budget

President Barack Obama’s first preliminary budget was delivered to Congress yesterday ... care system to be financed through a combination of savings in health care expenditures ... . The major elements of his plan to accomplish this include reducing U.S. involvement in Iraq and allowing [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 15:21:36

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Save Over $82,000 on Heart (open) Surgery - Alternative Health care Medicine

Scott Miller did not have health insurance. How did he save over $82,000 on his heart surgery His hospital bill was more than $150,000 ... if you are on medicare or medicaid this can still be used as a supplement. NO one is denied. They also ... . For us folks without any kind of health plan at all, because it is too expensive, we have pre [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 00:00:19

JR’s tag-mongering Potpourri

China’s State Council passed a plan for universal health care on Wednesday. Much of China’s high savings rate is believed to be caused by worries about medical expenses, and the prospect of universal health care may therefore be helpful for pushing domestic demand. It may [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 16:29:17

Bloomberg Turns into Humor Magazine

Who would have imagined that reading the financial news would turn into a great way to start your day off with a belly laugh? ... to the financial industry, as it lays plans to overhaul the U.S. health-care system and raise taxes ... , and finding “savings through efficiencies.” This cavalcade of comedy just keeps getting better [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 21:36:38

Cigna Study - Reducing Medical Cost

  Cigna's Cost Control Cigna’s account-based consumer driven health plans (CDHPs) ... . Cigna’s research shows that account based plans save money even as individuals receive the same or higher levels of care than those in traditional health plans. Cigna’s Chief Medical Officer, Jeffery [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:16:17

COBRA Relief!

A new law passed last week that will provide some help for those who have been laid off! ... enrolling in COBRA, and move their dependents to an individual or family health insurance plan. This often creates a monthly savings to ensure that a family can continue thier vital health care coverage [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 20:38:37

Consumers Need All of the Facts in the Privacy Debate

By David St.Clair The economic stimulus package that President Obama has signed contains upwards of $20 billion to create electronic health records ... that EHRs are essential to health care reform and that the subsequent savings they’ll generate will help ... like President Obama’s plan to appoint a chief privacy officer and to implement unprecedented [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 09:44:00

Baucus To Economists On Scoring Health Reform: ‘In My Judgment, You’re Not God’

Today’s Senate Finance Committee hearing underlined one of the more important lessons from President Clinton’s failed effort to reform the health ... honest pathways to get the savings we’re going to have to have inaudible politically to get health ... care system: when pushing through your plan, don’t let economists be the messengers for reform [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 20:02:11

1.75 Trillion Deficit? You better know what you're doing.

So President Obama has proposed a $ 3.5 trillion budget with a projected $1.75 trillion deficit. This means the budget is about half borrowed ... , cut the rate of health care spending growth, and wait for those savings and economic growth ... plan, Medicare Part D, is also just a debt-bomb. It really is amazing to me. Barack Obama [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 04:36:00

Wellness: What is the cost of the heart attack that never happened?

Guess what? Employees cost you money.I know this comes as no surprise ... your program’s impact and cost savings based on reduced risks.Your health care claims can help tell ... disease — much of which is preventable through good lifestyle habits. Work with your health plan [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 03:57:38

Obama Gears Up For Health Reform With Health Information Technology

On Saturday, in his weekly radio address to the nation, ... the internet. That is why the economic recovery plan I’m proposing will help modernize our health care ... of researchers found that implementing health IT would result in mean annual savings of $40 billion [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 23:28:05

The Real Obama Bull Market

“The cost of healthcare eats up more and more of our savings each year, yet we keep delaying reform…we can no longer afford to put health care reform on hold. Our recovery plan will invest in electronic health records and new technology that will reduce errors, bring [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 03:24:40

The Real Obama Bull Market

“The cost of healthcare eats up more and more of our savings each year, yet we keep delaying reform…we can no longer afford to put health care reform on hold. Our recovery plan will invest in electronic health records and new technology that will reduce errors, bring [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 18:35:25

We Are All “Schlubs” In This Financial Mess

As a lifelong political rebel, I appreciate a hard stance against the “powers that be” ... . Everyone shares concerns over health care, job loss, and the decimation of their retirement savings ... s Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan. We believe this plan is unjust to the vast majority [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 22:30:34

GOP Playbook Useless in Health Care Fight

Mitt Romney arrived at the House Republicans’ late-January retreat to a room that hardly needed a pep talk ... to propose a Republican plan to bring health insurance to all Americans, one based on market dynamics, free ... Health Savings Accounts in the 1980s and who helped [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 06:07:32

Secrets To Saving Money On Health Insurance

By Ethan KalvinIf you are looking to reduce your health care costs without losing coverage, don't worry, it can be done ... hundreds. Insurance company insiders have revealed that providers have a rating system that allows ... , you can save money and come out ahead. Most plans today are either PPO or HMO, with both offering [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 01:25:00

President Obama Plan To Save Millions From Foreclosure

PHOENIX – His massive stimulus plan now signed into law, ... and health care, as well as badly needed repair of roads and bridges, and said those, plus middle-class tax ... President Barack Obama is turning to attack the home foreclosure crisis at the heart [more...]

Date: 2009-02-18 11:22:17

Healthcare reform…What a war it’s going to be!

In his February 24th address before Congress , President Obama threw down the gauntlet.  “Our recovery plan will invest in electronic health records and new technology that will reduce errors, bring down costs, ensure privacy and save lives…So let there be no doubt: health care reform [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 15:47:47

Spas and Medicine are Becoming Partners

Spas and Medicine are Becoming Partners, Susie Ellis, SpaFinder Insider Our time has come. Prevention is “in.” What spas offer is "in ... are understanding the importance and cost savings of reducing stress and staying healthy. Another reason is the global economic crisis which has resulted in a government stimulus plan which has made health care [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 22:46:14

Managing Your Money During a Career Search

Why it might be haircut season. (Getty) ... consideration won’t leave you in the dust on things like health care or a 401(k). Have a plan ... . -Like we mentioned with those predicting a layoff, create a savings cushion and cut back on spending [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 11:25:00

The Truth not fiction

The Truth about the McCain-Palin Health Care Plan Barack Obama And Joe Biden Have Consistently Lied To Americans About John McCain’s Plan ... over from the McCain tax credit to put in a health savings account. Tax Information Where [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 03:32:56

Appleton, Utopia, and Lowell

After writing about the Owl Diner on Appleton Street yesterday, I thought again about Appleton, that is, Nathan Appleton (1779-1861) ... adult classes, a health-care fund, a savings bank for employees, and reasonable work schedules ... s (the term in Latin means “no place”).  What Appleton and Lowell saw in Scotland was a place and a plan [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 12:27:07

Bridging Medical Cost Gap For Kidney Patients

Many Floridians with kidney diseases have to drain their bank accounts before they qualify for federal help with medical bills ... for Medigap insurance. Medicap is an insurance plan that helps customers pay for health care cost ... you get on Medicaid,” said Workman. Lawmakers say providing Medigap coverage for kidney patients will save [more...]

Date: 2009-02-18 21:42:30

Obama's Budget Squeeze Play

The WaPo has an article laying out The O-and-Savior's initial budget plan. He's putting a "squeeze play" on private health insurance. Administration officials and outside experts say the most likely path to revamping the health ... procedures--could improve care while generating long-term savings, expert say. It also could prod private [more...]

Date: 2009-02-21 23:05:00

‘Great Society’ Plan for the Middle Class

NY Times : Opponents of President Obama’s proposal for a sweeping new government activism in the economy call it a return to a traditional ... plan, with its talk of “green jobs” and energy efficiency savings, seems aimed more at a middle class ... -universal health care and in energy policy. Its most expensive new provisions, like the $630 billion [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 22:01:23

Cut, Baby, Cut

Rep. Jim Cooper gets his hawk on: Too many people “say stimulate, stimulate,” Cooper said during a meeting with The Tennessean’s editorial board, “but they forget about cut, cut.” Cooper said savings of up to $700 billion could be found in federal health care spending, including making changes in the use of Medigap plans to augment Medicare [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 22:46:45

Winter Savings Reminders

The days are getting shorter and the weather is getting cooler ... with your insurance company because some plans offer free immunizations and preventive health care.   local clinics ... heating costs: 10 Inexpensive Ways to Slash Your Winter Heating Bills. 7 Free Ways to Slash [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 13:30:41

Adding Up Obama?s Plan to Save $300 Billion in Medicare, Medicaid

We all know by know that the $630 billion health-care “reserve fund” described in President Obama’s budget relies on a combination of tax increases and savings in Medicare and Medicaid spending. But just what do those spending cuts look ... , overall spending on the programs is expected to rise in the next decade; these are projected “savings” [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 15:36:35

Begin Observing your Personal Finance and Retirement Planning

by Tim Simmons People do not often think about retirement as there is so much else going on in their lives like; children, monthly bills, car payments, health care costs, jobs, and in that rare moment a little time for yourself ... the ball in motion. Just as you take care of your personal finances such as savings and your checking [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 16:20:51

It’s A New Month…

  …so once again, to meet information needs our patrons didn’t even know they had, here’s a list of historically significant March dates: ... plan, proving that the Canadians really were ahead of us on health care from day one.   March 11 ... t know what that means, just think of it as daylight savings time except you set your clock back 264 [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 20:42:33

Adding up obama’s plan to save $300 billion in medicare, medicaid

We all know by know that the $630 billion health-care #8220;reserve fund#8221; described in President Obama#8217;s budget relies on a combination of tax increases and savings in Medicare and Medicaid spending ... , and which seem ill advised or overly optimistic. Payment Shift Projected savings, 2010-2019 Drive [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 01:40:01

Obama's Tax Plan -Just the Facts

Weve argued about it, mainly the media view of it. Heres a summary without all the spin ... -up to $500 tax credit for family savings account under 75k income -tax credits for health care ... healthcare -raise top two tax brackets to 36 and 39 -create new capital gains rate of 20 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 21:42:40

Study Supports Obama Health Savings Plan

President Barack Obama’s budget plans announced Thursday to reduce health care costs by $634 billion through savings to expand medical insurance ... , according to the report. “Technology doesn’t drive the growth in health care spending, people ... for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Fisher said physicians are not the only issue, but also [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 17:11:24

Obama’s ‘Radical’ Health Care Plan

Pharma Times, news site of the drug industry, is calling the emerging outlines of the Obama health care plan “radical ... Pharmaceutical Association, said Obama’s plan promises to “substantially reduce health care costs ... into billions of dollars of consumer savings, making the whole trillion dollar package just a little [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 16:59:51

Obama Has Team of Rivals for Health Care

The Plank has an item on Obama’s health care team, noting that these are people who mean business about health care reform ... cost savings, as I’ve discussed here. There is disagreement over this even among Obama’s health ... : The Obama health plan includes a substantial up-front investment in better information technology. Cutler [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 01:04:15

Healthcare Should be a Business Strategy

There was a lot of enegy in the room during this afternoon’s session of the 28th ECFC Annual Meeting in Tysons Corner, VA outside Washington DC ... , Section 125 plans, health reimbursement arrangements, dependent care accounts, health savings ... Institute. Key takeaways: Healthcare should be a business strategy. Cost of prevention is less [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 22:51:51

Health Care Rationing to come?

Obama Paving Way for Health Care Rationing, Say Budget Committee Republicans Matt Cover - CNSNews - February 27, ... $700 billion in projected “savings” on health care spending, and it plans to use that money to expand ... s proposed fiscal 2010 budget as a first step toward health-care rationing in the United States [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 23:20:00

WAYS TO TRIM YOUR HEALTH CARE COSTS

The one expenditure that a lot of people assume they have little or no control over is health care costs ... your health plan choices. A Health Savings Account (HSA) might save you money over a PPO or HMO, especially [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:29:57

What if California Had Passed Health Care Reform?

California lawmakers recently passed a budget that, at least on paper, may, ... , more realistic assumptions), it estimated the health care plan would be running a deficit of $1.5 billion ... savings from fixing the state’s broken health care system. They relied on a study conducted [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 05:24:44

A Preview of Obama’s Plans for the US Health Care System

Tom Daschole wrote about this very issue in his Health Care tome . In the name of cost savings, procedures, drugs, and other health care technologies ... to government office. In 1987, then Colorado Governor Richard Lamm said that elderly and infirmed [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 02:19:02

HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS' LAST CHANCE?

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) may turn out to be early victims of the Democratic health care regime ... , according to insurance industry data, were covered by HSAs and related high-deductible health plans ... contributions is a natural target for Democrats: Anyone, no matter how high their income, can take [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 13:20:56

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