The recent failure of the CLASS act is drawing attention to a subject we tend to ignore or avoid - the possibility of costly long-term care in our future. That possibility [...]
Many people are disappointed that the CLASS program will not be implemented as planned because it solved a real problem in our society. CLASS was a government insurance plan intended to [...]
Polls show that most Americans, especially seniors, are against any changes in Medicare. Above all, people don't want their benefits reduced. What they don't seem to realize is that legislation has [...]
A recent poll of Massachusetts residents found that 63% of respondents were in favor of the universal health care initiative started there 5 years ago. My son, Paul, cited these poll [...]
There's good news and bad news for cancer patients. New drugs more effective at targeting the deadliest forms of cancer are coming on-line. That's the good news. The bad news is [...]
As a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), adult children up to 26 years old can now be covered under their parents' health insurance policies. Is this a good thing? [...]
Rationing takes place when governments provide health care because everyone wants the best possible medical treatments, health care is expensive, and resources are inevitably limited. Because the Affordable Care Act (ACA) [...]
Other countries that provide health care for their citizens all use rationing of one sort or another to control costs. In the last 2 years, laws have been passed in this [...]
Do people have a right to Health Care? Responses to our informal poll on the subject ranged from "No one has a right to health care" to "It's a basic human [...]
Is there a right to health care? Those that argued for a single-payer option during last year's health care reform debates believe passionately that people do. Opponents of the proposed legislation [...]
