Category Archives: healthcare reform

Both Hands clapping for the Direct Primary Care movement – Announcing the Formation of a New, Grassroots Organization Supporting Patients and Physicians — DPC Alliance    The Direct Primary Care Alliance Supports Patients In this context, direct primary care patients can … Continue reading

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It just takes awhile – Single Payer is Doomed Before It Starts The Law of Subsidy has killed the NHS. It just doesn’t realize that it is dead. Ya think? According to the article it’s due to common sense laws … Continue reading

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Faster please – Bill would require full transparency in health care pricing | Western Colorado | gjsentinel.com Instead, his idea is to force providers and insurance companies to publicly post what they plan to charge for any procedure or medical … Continue reading

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Faster please – Industry leaders ‘welcome’ the disruption that Amazon, JPMorgan, Berkshire Hathaway may ignite – Modern Healthcare Agreeing that something has to be done to drive down costs, healthcare leaders responded positively to news that powerful outsiders could disrupt … Continue reading

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Disrupter – Amazon, Buffett, JPMorgan tackle US health care “tapeworm” – NewsTimes “The ballooning costs of (health care) act as a hungry tapeworm on the American economy,” Buffett said in a prepared statement. “Our group does not come to this problem … Continue reading

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Colorado’s Glitchy New Medicaid Payment System Has Some Doctors Declaring ‘Crisis’ | CPR Practices across the state have done financial gymnastics to stay afloat after the state’s Medicaid agency started to erroneously reject claims. This is absolutely nothing short of … Continue reading

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Stan Brock’s clinics march the country and do what the government is either unable or unwilling to: improve Americans’ access to health care. Thousands Visit Free Clinics: ‘We’re The Middle Class, And We’re Here’ | The Federalist It is a … Continue reading

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An idea so simple, it just might work – An antidote for Obamacare: Cash only medicine with transparent pricing and no insurance – the future of medicine? – AEI How does Clinica Mi Pueblo offer these medial services at the … Continue reading

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We say, ‘Here’s the price. Here’s what you’re getting. Here’s your bill” – What Happens When Doctors Only Take Cash | Time.com Uugh… good things happen? Just guessin’ (not really). The catch is that the whole facility is cash-based. It … Continue reading

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American Health Care Act

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Obamacare repeal and replace begins – Read the GOP’s new health care plan Explore the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare and deliver on President Trump’s proposed health care reforms. I haven’t had time to read the bill yet, … Continue reading

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News Boulderites can use – Canadian Health Care: Patients Waiting Longer Than Ever For Treatment – Investors.com The same report says that a Canadian consulting firm found that “as many as 900,000 Ontarians are experiencing problems accessing medical care, a … Continue reading

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I’m hopeful they saw this coming? – Local health-care execs: Current system ‘dysfunctional’ – BizWest Excerpts and comments: Flanagan co-founded Nextera in 2011, which offers primary-care service to members for a monthly fee. “Insurance should be used for what all types … Continue reading

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Apparently Marcia Benshoof is the Steve Jobs of Connect of Health Colorado – Lawmakers concerned about lucrative contract for exchange sales chief | Health News Colorado The exchange board met in secret during an executive session on Monday, then voted in … Continue reading

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Health Care to Suppress Wages

If you are concerned about wage stagnation, you have to be concerned about health care. via Health Care to Suppress Wages Even More – The American Interest.

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You have to ask?

Faster please – Is Obamacare Destroying the Democratic Party? – NYTimes.com. The ability of the Democratic Party to convince middle-class voters that it is on their side is by no means guaranteed. In mid-November, 2008, just after Obama first won … Continue reading

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Canada/Alberta Hospitals: From burst pipes to invading ant colonies…

Government run healthcare – From burst pipes to invading ant colonies, problems plague Alberta’s hospitals. While many Albertans know of the infrastructure failings at Misericordia Hospital, the truth is many more of Alberta’s hospitals are experiencing breakdowns that put extra … Continue reading

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New Policy Cancellations in Colorado

Gardner Comments On Thousands of New Policy Cancellations | Cory Gardner for Senate. In a letter to the Colorado Senate Republicans today, the Colorado Division of Insurance announced that an additional 18,783 Coloradans have had their health insurance policy cancelled … Continue reading

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Daily Camera finally reports on CU capping student hours

CU-Boulder capping student employee hours – Boulder Daily Camera. Hey amateurs what took you so long? This issue showed up on the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal before the liberal Boulder Daily Camera reported on it. Guess it … Continue reading

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Judd Legum: “Two federal judges just ordered that Obamacare should be defunded based on a glorified typo”

The Halbig Freakout. This is, of course, untrue.  As the plaintiff’s lawyers point out, entitlements and subsidies are regularly tied to state participation — this includes Medicaid, SCHIP, and other health care tax credits. The idea that dealing with a … Continue reading

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