Daily Health Care News - 4/8/09
Posted on April 8th, 2009 by Jason Rosenbaum in News Clips
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NEWS
Health insurance: Consolidation of insurers a concern for medical providers - Chicago Tribune
Critics contend further consolidation would give industry too much control
Many Drug Prescriptions are Now Going Unfilled - Wall Street Journal
More Americans are failing to fill prescriptions because of the economic downturn, according to market research.
OPINION
When it comes to healthcare, the U.S., Britain and Canada are hurting - Los Angeles Times
When asked by the New England Journal of Medicine to detail his healthcare vision during the campaign, John McCain concluded with a rousing denunciation of "new government bureaucracies that will translate into higher taxes, reduced provider payments and long waiting lines."
New Massachusetts Report Vindicates Proponents Of Shared Responsibility - Think Progress
Since Massachusetts enacted comprehensive health care reform in 2006, early data has indicated that reform has successfully reduced the number of uninsured and increased access to coverage. The Massachusetts legislation did not address cost containment, but the popular reform has vindicated proponents of an employer mandate and shared responsibility.
The Conservative Argument Against Universal Health Care - Daily Kos
I came across a "guide" on how to argue against universal health care and thought I'd share. Below are some of the arguments the guide forwarded for conservatives to use to fight health care reform or any national health care plan. I thought I'd share and invite your comments and counter arguments to these talking points.
Here we go again,
I'm 70 years old and paid 14% of my income for 40 years
To SS and now more and more I'm reading and hearing about
people who have no health coverage getting Medicare and
SS benefits who have never paid a dime in to help pay for
those programs and now our Karl Marx Dictator will maybe
ax those benefits because they are unfunded entitlements
The Criminal Politicians have spent all the money they took
from us loyal Citizens and should Rot in Jail for their
Crimes against doing the right thing for our once great
Country
Harrison Raymo