Monthly Archives: February 2010

Varied Opinions on the Health Care Reform Summit

Published: February 26, 2010 in Health In Politics, Health Reform | Comments closed

Yesterday, on February 25th, 2010, President Obama and members of his administration held a bipartisan health care summit to try and bring leaders of both parties together and reach a common ground. The results were...sadly, less than stellar, with little progress made on major issues and only conciliatory common ground found on minor issues. As one would expect, major media outlets had a lot to say on what happened and as well as what didn't happen.

Politicians Scared of Health Care Reform?

Published: February 19, 2010 in Health In Politics, Health Reform | Comments closed

An interesting turn of events has been occurring lately revolving around the politics of health care, and it revolves around a single emotion…fear. The longer the debate goes on, the more politicians seem to be shying away from it. This point was brought up in a New York Times article entitled, "Health Care Experts Must Face What Politicians Won't." The title is a little off so I'll explain.

Justification of Individual Health Insurance Rate Increases

Published: February 12, 2010 in Health Insurance Costs, Health Insurance Tips | Comments closed

Lately we've been covering health care and health insurance reform here on the Weekly News Roundup, but this week we're going to take a different track, which might yet show another argument for reform in a roundabout way. An article from the Los Angeles times entitled, "Anthem's parent company defends health insurance rate hike" is the focus of our roundup today. The uproar over Wellpoint and Anthem Blue Cross of California raising their rates by up to thirty-nine percent for their individual health insurance premiums starting March 1st of this year has been dwarfing news of health care reform lately, so let's take a look.

What Happens to Health Care and Health Insurance…if Nothing Happens?

Published: February 5, 2010 in General Health Insurance, Health Reform | Comments closed

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article asking, "What Happens if Health Care Reform Fails?", looking at the possible implications of nothing being done in the realm of reforming health care or health insurance, something that even health insurance companies agree needs to happen. Adding to this discussion is a new article from The Wall Street Journal entitled, "What Happens If Nothing Happens to Health Care?" by David Wessel. The author talks to economists, business leaders and others about what might happen.