Week of August 29, 2011 The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) last week released an updated report on the nation’s budget and economic outlook that comments on a number of health care policy issues. First, the CBO says that if another physician payment “fix” is enacted by Congress (as has happened every year since 2003), then [...]
Home health care helps seniors live independently for as long as possible, given the limits of their medical condition. It covers a wide range of services and can often delay the need for long-term nursing home care. More specifically, home health care may include occupational and physical therapy, speech therapy, and even skilled nursing. It [...]
Federal Owing to multiple blizzards in Washington, Congress started its President’s Day recess a full week early and conducted no official business last week. However, there was some legislative drama as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pulled the rug out from under Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus by scrapping the Baucus jobs bill (without warning), [...]
President Obama’s Health Insurance Bill President Obama Releases New Health Care Proposal in Time for Health Summit: On Monday February 22, 2010, White House officials unveiled a new health insurance reform overhaul that builds on the Senate version passed last Christmas Eve, with some changes aimed at pleasing House Democrats who had concerns with the [...]
MARCH 26, 2010 This Week in Health Care Reform Health care reform legislation passed the House this week on a party-line vote. Late Sunday night, House Democrats approved the Senate health care reform package, sending the legislation to President Obama for his signature. On Tuesday, President Obama signed the underlying bill into law, yet [...]
For many companies the ability to provide group health insurance to their employees is a huge benefit that hard workers will truly value especially if they have a family to take care of at home. However sometimes the task of setting up a group health insurance program can be difficult for many new and smaller [...]
Federal Although the House vote to repeal health care reform is symbolic only (given the Democratic Senate and White House), it is a necessary first step leading to committee by committee action over the coming months on discrete provisions of health care. One such item, medical malpractice liability reform, got a hearing last week before the House [...]
States with Republican governors kept up the pressure last week on Washington to give the states greater control over health care under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Twenty-one Republican governors sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking for greater authority over some provisions of health reform, [...]
I was doing one of my favorite things the other day, watching the Discovery channel. My two favorite channels on television are The History channel and the Discovery channel. With the exception of the pay by the hour porn channels which I have only heard about but personally know nothing about, everything that you need [...]
The greater the intake of cigarettes, the higher the chances of developing lung cancer. Cigarette smoke is the major culprit and not just cigarettes. The reason why is that cigar and pipe smokers are at lesser risk of developing lung cancer than cigarette smokers. Second hand smoke is another cause of lung cancer. Passive smokers [...]
