The Healthcare Coverage Post

When filing State Income Taxes in Massachusetts this year, residents needed to show they had healthcare coverage. It’s not too bad a system for determining the number of people with coverage and the number of people who couldn’t afford it. But when it was determined that 100,000 people who could afford it chose not to, they were [...]

Gotta love the out-of-the-box thinking behind this article. I’m not sure about the soundness of reasoning, but I’m glad people are looking for alternatives to solving the healthcare coverage quagmire.  In his moneycentral.msn article, Jim Jubak writes:
The discount retailer already has made major inroads into accessible, affordable care through lower drug prices, walk-in clinics and electronic [...]

I’ve had dental coverage with Delta Dental for years now, and have always had good luck with them. The plan is accepted by almost all dentists, and they’re very good at sending timely reimbursements. Once in a while the customer service isn’t so hot, but hey, everyone has a bad day, right? I’m glad to hear [...]

Charlie Crist, governor of Florida, recently signed legislation that made Florida the latest state to offer low-cost health insurance to uninsured Floridians. Way to go Charlie! I wonder if he benchmarked with Mitt Romney about the Massachusetts healthcare plan. In an article from the Jacksonville Business Journal “Crist SIgns Law Providing Options for the Uninsured”,
Gov. Charlie [...]

It  sounds like this guy knows all about the ins and outs of healthcare insurance, and how to work the system on how best to get coverage. It’s about time people started talking about ways Americans can take care of their healthcare needs, since the White House and Congress are dragging their feet.

Jason Gingerich, a [...]

Sometimes you run into a good site gathering everything you’d want to know about a topic. Here’s an impressive collection of state-specific resources to help the uninsured receive healthcare. The Cover the Uninsured organization put this list together, and writes:
 
Are you uninsured? You are not alone. Millions of Americans are without health insurance. Some lost [...]

Gene Bishop, a Philadelphia physician, writes in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Let’s play the old word association game. Think “childbirth” - joy, labor pain, motherhood. Think “insurance”- boring, deductibles, co-pays. Think “uninsured” - your neighbor who lost her job, your child who just graduated from college, the cashier at the convenience store who works when her kids [...]

Videos and information about HR-676 – National Single-Payer Bill

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So we’re not in a recession? Just ask families across America and they’ll tell you about their financial worries. In a recent nationwide study called “What Do Women Want?”, the Meredith Corporation and NBC Universal Healthcare polled 3,000 women on issues such as family, safety, and financial security. Study findings showed that women are very concerned about [...]

This is a heartbreaking example of how pathetic the US healthcare system can be. We can spend billions of dollars waging an illegal and immoral war, but can’t come up with a solution to  take care of our sick and injured.
Mark Windsor looks exhausted. For a week he’s been undergoing radiation treatment on a cancerous [...]