Posted July, 18 2012 by arianne
Now that the celebrations are winding down from last months Supreme Court decision to uphold the health reform law (see above video), it’s time to get down to the nitty-gritty of ACA implementation. New York has pretty much been moving full steam ahead for the past year or so [you can always check and see […]
Posted July, 16 2012 by arianne
A new Commonwealth Fund report released last Friday shows that American women are more likely to go without needed health care because of cost and have a harder time paying for medical bills than women in 10 other countries with unversal health care systems in place. These countries included Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Sweden, […]
Posted July, 13 2012 by arianne
With Wednesday’s repeat vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to repeal the Affordable Care Act (yawn) despite its growing public popularity and so closely following the Supreme Court’s decision to largely uphold the law, it is becoming abundantly clear that the real issue here is not constitutionality of the law or any moral objections to its lifesaving […]
Posted July, 9 2012 by arianne
Have you seen this? There is a letter circulating from Michele Bachmann and 72 other tea party members of Congress urging all 50 state governors not to establish health insurance Exchanges. You can click here to read the letter. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions of course. Basically, the main argument used is that states should not […]