-This article was from NPR
-COBRA is a bill that allows emplyees to keep their emplyers insurance for up to 18 months
-They have to pay full premiums
-When you are employed, you recieve subsidies for the premiums
-These premiums can be very high for people,
-a family of nine lost their insurance and hoped they wouldn't get sick
-but they did
-and it was bad
-very bad
-COBRA is very expensive but a new bill will hopefully fix that.
- Congress has a bill that if passed, will pay for 65% of the premiums for the first 12 months of unemployment
-The Senate also has a bill very similar but only for 9 months.
- That 65% would bring down 800 dollars to aroud 300 dollars, which is much easier to pay then 800
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Response to 8#: 8# Conyers To Introduce Universal Healthcare Bill Today
I really like the sound of this. I think this is what the country needs. It would allow employers to not have to pay for their employees insurance. This would allow that business to grow faster and hire more employees. I think this will help improve the economy get better.
The biggest problem, I think, with something like this is going from private insurance to the government base insurance. The switch I can imagine will be pretty big, and I hope will happen quickly, if it does actually happen.
some of the giant The fact that this will put out private insurance companies is a great thing. This would take awayCEO's who are making lots of money of this and it will hurt the lobbyist that are getting paid by the CEO's to smash stuff like this down.
I also like how this plan could provide unemployment benefits for the former employees that lose their job due to the switch.
The biggest problem, I think, with something like this is going from private insurance to the government base insurance. The switch I can imagine will be pretty big, and I hope will happen quickly, if it does actually happen.
some of the giant The fact that this will put out private insurance companies is a great thing. This would take awayCEO's who are making lots of money of this and it will hurt the lobbyist that are getting paid by the CEO's to smash stuff like this down.
I also like how this plan could provide unemployment benefits for the former employees that lose their job due to the switch.
Monday, January 26, 2009
8# Conyers To Introduce Universal Healthcare Bill Today
- John Conyers is a Michigan Democrat
- He is submitting a bill that will pretty much extend Medicare to everybody
- It is a very popular bill among single-payer supporters.
- This plan will put out private insurers
- The plan would be to hire the former private insurers employees to work for the single-payer system
- The former workers could be given up to two years of employment benefits
- This program will provide everything to run hospitals
- He is submitting a bill that will pretty much extend Medicare to everybody
- It is a very popular bill among single-payer supporters.
- This plan will put out private insurers
- The plan would be to hire the former private insurers employees to work for the single-payer system
- The former workers could be given up to two years of employment benefits
- This program will provide everything to run hospitals
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Alex Hadik- In Class Reponse
Chauncey-
Perhaps I am going crazy but I could not find your last (#6) article. Maybe I just missed it. Regardless, this blog good but could perhaps use a little work. For one, it would be good to have all of your posts on one page. It makes it harder to read as it is now. Also, maybe you could develop a side-bar. One that places your citations on the side rather than at the bottom. Also, and this is very important- if you're going to have advertisements on your blog, make sure that they aren't in the way of you text. I couldn't read the top article due to two little advertisements floating around on top of it.
Perhaps I am going crazy but I could not find your last (#6) article. Maybe I just missed it. Regardless, this blog good but could perhaps use a little work. For one, it would be good to have all of your posts on one page. It makes it harder to read as it is now. Also, maybe you could develop a side-bar. One that places your citations on the side rather than at the bottom. Also, and this is very important- if you're going to have advertisements on your blog, make sure that they aren't in the way of you text. I couldn't read the top article due to two little advertisements floating around on top of it.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Response to: Cheaper drugs make a difference
This article was pretty short but it brings up the point that drugs are much cheaper at Big Box store. The savings are pretty big and I think that people should go to Wal-Mart if they need to. Some people are ashamed to shop at Wal-Mart because they find it demeaning or whatever but that can save you a lot of money. I think that the government should take over the pharmaceutical industry. It would be hard to do that but it would give cheaper drugs to everybody. In Cuba, drugs are super cheap, unless you are under 16 or over 64 or don't make enough, then they're free.
Cheaper drugs make a difference
-A writer takes five prescription drugs
-He compared the prices of the drugs he bought from five random pharmicies to Wal-Mart
-For a 90 day supply from the pharmacies, it cost 88$
-from Wal-Mart, it cost around 50$
-That is a savings of 38 dollars
-He compared the prices of the drugs he bought from five random pharmicies to Wal-Mart
-For a 90 day supply from the pharmacies, it cost 88$
-from Wal-Mart, it cost around 50$
-That is a savings of 38 dollars
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Kelsey Weber's Response to 4 5 &6
Chauncey, you've got a lot of great information on here. I liked the article that compared the US to countries with socialized health care, and of course I liked reading about what Obama is planning to do. The only thing I would say to improve your blog would be to fix your colors, otherwise good job.
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