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The Health Insurance Reform Bill is a monstrously bad bill
(Wed Dec 2nd, 2009, by chris walker)
A good segment of the population have hoped that the health care reform process would do something about the three major problems of health care, spiraling out of control costs, lack of availability of insurance to much of the population, and a burea... |
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Expiring health insurance subsidy imperils laid-off Americans
(Wed Dec 2nd, 2009, by chris walker)
Just before Don Hall and his family left town for Thanksgiving, the laid-off manufacturing supervisor from Castalia, Ohio, wrote a $763.81 check to his health insurance company for his December payment.He had paid $237 in November, but the big increa... |
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Helpful Hints when Shopping for Individual Health Insurance
(Wed Dec 2nd, 2009, by chris walker)
Make sure when deciding on an individual health policy, you shop around and get many options to consider. Policies can range in what they cover and cost dramatically, so make sure you get the best plan that fits your needs for the best price. Don’t... |
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Big Government the Wrong Answer on Health Care
(Wed Dec 2nd, 2009, by chris walker)
Last weekend Democrats in the U.S. Senate took another step toward passing their government run healthcare legislation. The more we have come to learn about this legislation, the more we all have cause to be concerned about this plan. It fundamenta... |
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Oppose Obama Takeover of Health Care
(Wed Dec 2nd, 2009, by chris walker)
The health care “reform” legislation that is moving through the Senate Finance Committee fails to offer the common sense reforms our system needs and instead decreases our health insurance choices and makes health care more expensive with higher ... |
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U.S. health plan not everyone’s cup of tea
(Wed Dec 2nd, 2009, by chris walker)
AMERICANS will get their national health insurance plan whether they like it or not. That was the prevailing opinion in Washington on the eve of Thanksgiving.Whether this prediction holds water after the turkey has vanished from their tables should b... |
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Public option isn't likely in Louisiana, some say
(Wed Dec 2nd, 2009, by chris walker)
Should Congress approve a health care overhaul bill along the lines currently favored by the U.S. Senate, the focus could quickly shift to state governments, which would face important choices about how the law should be implemented.Chief among them:... |
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Morris urges government to keep ‘Hands Off My Health Care’
(Wed Dec 2nd, 2009, by chris walker)
Political pundit Dick Morris rallied people around the concept of keeping the government’s “Hands Off My Health Care” during a Thursday afternoon event at Simon Park in Conway. Morris spoke about the problems he found with the proposed health c... |
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Health care debate has Lincoln in hot seat
(Wed Dec 2nd, 2009, by chris walker)
Sen. Blanche Lincoln became the center of attention in Washington earlier this month when she was the last Democratic holdout to say she would support advancing the debate on the Senate health care bill, but some question whether the attention has be... |
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US Survey Shows Southern Counties Most Obese
(Wed Dec 2nd, 2009, by chris walker)
The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian regio... |