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Showing posts with label health insurance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health insurance. Show all posts
Friday, October 1, 2010

Which Cities Have the Most Housing Stress/Risk?: WSJ Story Includes Oregon Data.

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WSJ story HERE includes interactive graphics for 534 areas of the country, using 2009 ACS data on owner cost burdens, health insurance cove...
Saturday, March 20, 2010

Off Topic, Health Care Reform: GOT'S to Give It Up to the First Woman Speaker.

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I am sure there were many capable men and women who worked tirelessly in the shadows to get HCR done, and the willingness of the President t...
Friday, March 19, 2010

Off Topic: I Hate to See DeFazio Pulling a Ben Nelson at this Late Hour.

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100% Editorial: Kinda embarassing for Oregonians to see DeFazio acting like Ben Nelson, no? See Huffington Post story HERE . I believe he ...
Monday, January 25, 2010

Correction, Off Topic: Oregon Kaiser NW Health Insurance Premium Increased by 8.75% Annually Over Last 10 Years.

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Correction: My earlier post showed annual increases averaging 13% a year. Because of compounding, the actual annual increase averaged 8.75%/...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Off Topic: Health Reform Subsidy Calculator.

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From Kaiser Family Foundation HERE . Allows input of different variables to compare costs in Senate and House health care bills. Related Hea...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Off Topic: New CRS Report - Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Provisions in Health Care Bill.

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Report is HERE . Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog .
Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Off Topic: How Baucus Screwed Up Consideration of Wyden Health Care Plan Amendment, at 1 AM Session.

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One of the dangers of 1 AM in the morning Committee meetings are screw ups like that described HERE . (I'm not sure Wyden Amendment was...
Thursday, October 1, 2009

Off Topic: For Federal Employees, Coop Health Care Plan Premiums ARE Lower than Regional HMO AND National Blue Cross Premiums.

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Most federal employees get health insurance coverage via the Federal Employee Health Program, FEHB. A recent news story HERE says Federal e...
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Off Topic: Baucus Health Care Bill Resources.

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Thanks to Bespacific: Chairman’s Mark - America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 Scheduled for Markup By the Senate Committee on Finance On Se...
Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Off Topic: 3 Health Care Items.

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Maybe something will finally happen with health care this year. Three most recent developments. Walmart supports mandatory employer coverag...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Reports Trifecta.

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Three unrelated reports I saw this AM: Urban Institute report, The Impact of Foreclosure on Families and Communities, is HERE . (Pg.21 table...
Sunday, June 14, 2009

Just Asking: Aren't "Health Co-ops", a GSE by Another Name?

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In lieu of a public health plan, the latest compromise being offered is a "Health Co-op" (AP news story HERE ). I'm all for co...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Cost Shifting of Uninsured Health Costs.

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Readers will recall I occasionally post on health care issues that affect those who are income eligible for HUD programs. New report from Fa...
Wednesday, February 4, 2009

CRS Report on Increases in Federal Share of Medicaid Payments to States.

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Congressional Research Service report is HERE , discusses several of the proposals to boost federal share of Medicaid reimbursement rates. ...
Saturday, May 17, 2008

CBO Testimony on Children Without Health Insurance.

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I have previously blogged about health care insurance programs for uninsured children, and notably SCHIP, HERE , HERE , and HERE . The head ...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Dumb Government Revisited: Gov Contractors Escape Paying Health Insurance.

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Story in WSJ yesterday reminded me of an earlier post HERE where I called the federal government "dumb" because of its failure t...