Archive for March, 2008
Indiana Healthcare Reform Laws Failing
Recent efforts by the state of Indiana to increase the number of its residents with health insurance have failed.
Highlights In Health Care’s Inequities
At 49, Jacqueline Church Simonds and her husband Larry are self-employed and struggling with rising health care costs that buy them limited coverage.
A Test For Insurace Mandates - Small Businesses Picking Up The Tab
Reliable Caregivers and its president Linda Leary make preparations in San Francisco for new health care laws. The new laws require people like Linda to set aside funds to cover the costs of area businesses that offer health coverage for their employees. Leary’s 150 employees will now have health care coverage thanks to a $2 per hour increase in the rates her patients pay starting in February 2008. But Leary thinks competing with other midsized companies further south who don’t have these same costs could pose a problem.
Health Care For All - A Scheme?
The success of developing countries has recently been found to depend mostly on the health of its population. Having a successful health care system in place - one that is both efficient and equally effective for varying income groups - has emerged as the leading cause of enhanced productivity/labor, education, and income. It is the number one weapon in the fight against poverty in Africa’s Ghana, where the progressive National Health Service was set up funded 100% by state revenue (taxes were paid relative to income earned).
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