Writes Vince Carroll in the Denver Post:
If the Senate health care bill becomes law, your preventive care will become "free." ... We have the word of Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet that the bill guarantees "free preventive care for everyone." ...
What the senator actually meant, of course — and would eventually ...
From the Denver Post:
A new state law makes some forms of preventative health care more affordable to people who are insured in Colorado.
The law, which took effect Friday, assures that services such as screenings for breast and cervical cancer, cholesterol levels and colorectal cancer; childhood immunizations and flu vaccines; and ...
Dr. Paul Hsieh points out some scary aspects of the House health bill (HR 3962) and the Senate health bill (HR 3590):
Under ObamaCare, patients will be forced to pay for certain kinds of medical care whether they want it or not — thus raising their health care costs.
And patients ...
Health care czar Tom Daschle writes "we can lower costs by focusing more of our energies on prevention." First, not the collectivist undertone of "we" and "our," which implies a one-size fits all solution to how people pay for health care and what kind of health care people buy. That ...
From WellPoint, a U.S. insurance company:
A recent study of consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) by WellPoint, Inc.1,2 found good news for both employers and consumers. Employers, the most common source of health benefits in the United States, are faced with increasing cost pressures. However, the employers in WellPoint’s study who switched ...
