Who: GoLocalWorcester.com What: As Vice President at the Cornerstone Group, Amy Gallagher advises large employers on long-term cost-containment strategies. She points out 5 reasons why healthcare reform may end up hurting workers: Not all employees will receive subsidies for purchasing through the Exchange. There’s no guarantee employers will give pay raises to bridge the difference. Employees […]
One of the things that Mitt Romney says on his stump speeches is that he is “going to repeal ObamaCare,” the somewhat derisive euphemism for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed under President Barack Obama. The question is, can he repeal it if he is elected? The answer, according to David Fried of Software Advice, […]
Although most people like to think that the Supreme Court is above playing politics, some healthcare experts see signs that it might be leaning towards trying to gut the national healthcare reform law. An article on UPI.com says that the high court, dominated by a 5-4 conservative majority, has shown evidence of prejudicial behavior. While […]
‘Tis the season of election campaigning and there is nothing quite so entertaining as watching politicians pensively reconsider their stances on important issues (er, I mean flip-flop). One of the biggest bones of contention in healthcare reform is the so-called individual mandate, seen as Big Brother imposing his socialist grip on freedom-loving Americans. So where […]
An article in the Washington Post discusses a rising debate over whether or not reimbursement cuts in Medicare will have a drastic effect on physicians or their patients as many medical advocacy groups are warning. Some prominent healthcare analysts – including some from an independent agency advising Congress – say that the …the problem is […]
Under healthcare reform provisions, the number of Medicaid patients is expected to swell dramatically. And, according to Becker’s ASC Review, ambulatory surgery center’s (ASC) that operate efficiently could take advantage of this. Many practices provide charity health care to patients who have no insurance coverage. But with the addition of these same patients to the […]
Some say that creating legislation is like making sausage: it’s not a pretty thing to see (see The Inside Scoop on Healthcare Reform). And while there is no guarantee that the bill that was recently signed will ultimately go forward in its present form, here is a useful graphic to give you an overview of […]
“There is No Obamacare” – Cecil Wilson, MD, President-Elect of the American Medical Association Members of the Marion County, Florida, Medical Society and their guests were treated to a special treat. The guest speaker was Cecil Wilson M. D., the President-elect of the AMA. And the quotation above is how he describes the current healthcare […]
Unless you have been hiding in a cave, you can’t help but to get drawn into the debate on healthcare reform. Unfortunately, most of the time it is not so much a debate as it is a shouting match.
