*The Obama Administration is doing away with "smoke and ladders" techniques that are used to make the budget deficit appear smaller than it really is. That is good news, of course, because we should all know the damage being done to our bank account from all of our overcommitting. There is an upside, of course, for them. If things turn out well, a bigger deficit now will make it easier for them to say, "Look, we lowered the deficit!" A trade for taking all the heat they will now.
*Senator Dick Durbin, Illinois's ranking senator, is heavily hinting that The Magic Man needs to resign. In the last two days, both the Magic Man's press secretary and chief of staff abruptly resigned. Not good signs for the short-term senator.
*Apparently there are not-so-secret meeting going on on Capitol Hill concerning health care reform. More as that develops, but it sounds like a the groundwork is being built. Good.
Showing posts with label Health care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health care. Show all posts
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Non-Paper Daily, 2.4.2009
*S-CHIP, a program that bring health care to impoverished kids, passed through Congress and was signed into law by Obama today. As our economic times get worse, this is a great move for helping our most vulnerable children stay afloat.
*Obama has outline plans to limit executive pay to $500,000 annually for those leaders of firms who are receiving federal financial assistance. Unfortunately there are plenty of loopholes, but it's still a step in the right direction.
*There is a movement at my high school to start a school garden. Just thought I'd share. Awesome.
*Obama has outline plans to limit executive pay to $500,000 annually for those leaders of firms who are receiving federal financial assistance. Unfortunately there are plenty of loopholes, but it's still a step in the right direction.
*There is a movement at my high school to start a school garden. Just thought I'd share. Awesome.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Frontline: Health Care
I just finished watching Frontline's "Sick Around the World" and it compelled me to blog. The basic premise is that the United States is uber rich and spends more money than any other country (per capita) on health care, yet our care is no better than other wealthy nations and a full 16%, or 47 million, people in our nation have no coverage at all. So we spend significantly more and get significantly less. For a nation that prides itself on being market-savvy capitalists we sure are getting swindled.
The show's narrator takes the audience on a trip around the world to five countries--Great Britain, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, and Switzerland--where everyone receives health care, no one goes bankrupt from medical bills (in the United States it is estimated that 750,000 people go bankrupt every year due to medical costs), they spend less on health care, and the care is equal to or better in quality as compared to ours.
Don't get me wrong, none of these systems is without flaws, but the big takeaway from the film is that our system has vastly more problems than many other countries. We could cover more people for less money with equal care.
The show is fun to watch and, at one hour, it goes quick. Check it out and you will be yearning for change.
The show's narrator takes the audience on a trip around the world to five countries--Great Britain, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, and Switzerland--where everyone receives health care, no one goes bankrupt from medical bills (in the United States it is estimated that 750,000 people go bankrupt every year due to medical costs), they spend less on health care, and the care is equal to or better in quality as compared to ours.
Don't get me wrong, none of these systems is without flaws, but the big takeaway from the film is that our system has vastly more problems than many other countries. We could cover more people for less money with equal care.
The show is fun to watch and, at one hour, it goes quick. Check it out and you will be yearning for change.
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