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POPSIs There a Doctor in the House? Yeah, 16 of ‘em! The other members of Congress who are physicians are: Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) OB/GYN Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) Orthopedic surgeon Rep. Rolf “Parker” Griffith (D-AL)"oncologist When pressed on the single-payer approach, Griffith said he doesn’t support it. He suggested a single-payer system would stifle health care innovation that has successfully brought down mortality rates for heart disease and cancer. Rep. David “Phil” Roe (R-TN)"ON/GYN Dr. Roe believes that a government-run bureaucratic healthcare system is not the answer, and that free market ideas and competition can help rein in escalating healthcare costs. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)"specializes in the treatment of diseases of the liver Instead of creating a national health care bureaucracy, Congress should look to proven cost-controllers like Health Savings Accounts (HSA).
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POPSHealth insurers reinvent themselves as money managers "Federal tax rules for HSAs were liberalized in 2003, making them very attractive to well-heeled taxpayers. Commercial banks such as Bank of America and Mellon Bank, seeing the opportunity to collect management fees on the accounts, jumped into the business. "Every bank wants to increase its share of HSAs," said John Casillas, director of the Medical Banking Project, a Franklin, Tenn., organization that helps medical administrators develop financial service systems. "There's fees for managing the account, transaction fees, fees for investing the funds," Casillas said. "You're going to see many billions of dollars moving from premium payments to professionally managed investment funds under HSA rules. Some people think that banks are going to threaten health plans by replacing them in the marketplace.""
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POPSLifeWise of Washington LifeWise Health Plan of Washington state, is a great individual health plan from catastrophic to full coverage, you are bound to find a plan that suits your needs.
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POPSThe Health Savings Account Scam Health Savings Accounts are one of the biggest scams devised by politicians. They are sold to the public as ways to help the uninsured and under-insured, but they are really devised to provide a tax shelter for relatively wealthy people. It's a way that politicians use the needs of the poor and middle class uninsured to benefit higher income people. This study proves it.
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POPSBush Health Plan: Who Benefits? This plan may be great for people who already can afford health insurance, but it will not level the playing field for those who are currently having difficulties getting affordable health benefits. Regular premium costs is what keeps many from buying into insurance, increased deductibles will keep them from buying into the Bush plan. It's about the money. On the list of priorities in life, health benefits fall at the bottom. When I was a single mom and actually had a job that offered health benefits (10 years ago), I had to pass because my paycheck barely covered my life expenses, I couldn't afford for my boss to take another $150/mo out of my check for the so-called benefit. I don't imagine that many families, today, can afford that benefit, even with a future tax deduction attached. So millions of Americans will continue to live without health insurance and will risk paying way more when there is an emergency.
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