Category Archives: Politics and Legislation

A battle that has been brewing for a long time continues as the White House disagrees with the Medicare’s chief actuary over savings from health care reform. Medicare chief actuary Rick Foster has been questioning the savings that the Obama administration has claimed for a long time now. But as Republicans questioned Foster during a [...]

A couple months ago Democrats challenged Republicans to drop their federal health insurance coverage if they wanted to appeal health care reform. While dropping coverage may have little to do with repealing reform, fourteen Republicans have stepped up to the challenge. Almost all of the Republicans that are foregoing the federal coverage say that their [...]

The health care debate continues as Democrats now ask Republicans in a letter to give up their health insurance plans and “walk that walk.” The letter is a result of recently appointed Andy Harris from Maryland and what ensued when he was told that he would have a one-month waiting period for his benefits. In [...]

Texas Legislature is considering dropping out of Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income residents, to save money. While many states are dealing with tight budgets and shortfalls, Texas is discussing to drop the program entirely as health care reform will expand it within the next few years. Right now the Texas Medicaid program covers [...]

A political disagreement over health care still continues as Jimmy Carter blames the late Senator Ted Kennedy for blocking health care reform in the 1970s. In an interview that will broadcast on “60 Minutes” this Sunday, Carter publicly acknowledges why his efforts for overhauling the health care system did not work. Jimmy Carter proposed legislation [...]

According to a new Census Bureau report, the number of residents without health insurance coverage climbed to 51 million people in 2009, up from 46 million in 2008, reported The New York Times. Though more adults are now uninsured, there are actually fewer children without coverage. This is a result of states ramping up their [...]

As the Coverage Corner mentioned last week — Democrats are changing health care reform rhetoric and the way they promote its benefits. But now some Democrats, who are campaigning for elections in November, are only campaigning for reform if they voted against it. Politico reports that five Democrats have included a message that they voted [...]

Dr. Donald Berwick is an important man these days as he is the new administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and is in charge of implementing a good deal of health care reform. But a recent review has found some irregularities when it comes to past funding sources on his financial disclosure [...]

Dr. Donald M. Berwick, the new chief of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was appointed two weeks ago and the appointment is still receiving criticism. The appointment was made by President Barack Obama while Congress was away on recess. There has yet to be a confirmation hearing for Dr. Berwick and it is [...]

As the health care debate raged on, the Obama administration defended the individual mandate as not a tax. Reported in The New York Times, last September President Barack Obama even said, “For us to say that you"ve got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase.” Now there has [...]