Tag: health care
Posted on Sat Dec 08, 2007 at 03:05:35 PM EST
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As a follow-up to this post about Barack Obama's response to Paul Krugman's column about the failure of Obama's health care plan to include a mandate for universal health care coverage, I thought it interesting that Utah is considering a plan that would require every resident to have health insurance. Advisors to Gov. Gov. Jon Huntsman say it's the way to go:
"This is not government insurance. We don't think that's the solution to these challenges. Individuals are going to have more responsibility," [House Majority Leader Rep. David Clark,] said. "Our goal is to try to find a way for every Utahn to have an opportunity to have access to health care." For the poor, the plan would aim to boost enrollment in existing programs such as Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program and Utah's Premium Partnership for Health, which helps workers pay premiums.
Working residents who do not qualify for those programs but can't afford health insurance would receive subsidies that put coverage within their reach. People who can afford health insurance but don't buy it could be prohibited from enrolling in university classes or getting a job. Nielsen said it's possible they could also someday face a tax penalty, as is the case in Massachusetts.
The Salt Lake Tribune has more on the plan.
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Posted on Mon Nov 26, 2007 at 06:45:00 AM EST
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Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have introduced health care plans. Hillary says Obama's plan leaves 15 million people uncovered and only provides mandatory coverage for children.
That appears to be the case. Here's Obama's plan (pdf.) There is a mandate that applies only to children.
Nor has Obama been consistent in his statements on universal health care.
Hillary maintains her plan not only covers everyone but also, like Obama's, cuts costs. Her plan is here (pdf).
Both plans are improvements over our current system. I agree with Hillary that mandatory coverage should include everyone, not just children and 15 million uninsured is too many.
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Posted on Thu Dec 07, 2006 at 08:22:56 PM EST
Tags: prisons, health care (all tags)
A federal judge in Michigan has found the state's the DOC in contempt of court. He ordered DOC to provide more prison doctors and nurses within four months. He's threatened the DOC with a $2 million fine.
He said a prisoner deserves to serve his sentence, not face delays in treatment.
"What he does not deserve is a de facto and unauthorized death penalty at the hands of a callous and dysfunctional health care system that regularly fails to treat life-threatening illness," Enslen wrote.
This isn't the Judge's first ruling taking the DOC to task.
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