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Note from the webmaster: We all enjoy finding good news sources that are accurate.  Here are some news & video links that you might find helpful when analyzing health care affordability. Many of these sources should be easily recognizable.

 
To cure insurance woes, doctors try prepaid plans By Vanessa Fuhrmans The Wall Street Journal Article Last Updated: 10/27/2007 01:04:31 PM MDT (View Full Article)

WHEELING, W.Va. - Vic Wood's walk-in clinic here sees patients six days a week and logs roughly 15,000 visits a year. Its sparsely furnished waiting room is packed much of the 11-hour day with people seeking care for conditions ranging from sore throats to chest pains. Despite the booming business, Wood and his staff - another doctor and four physician assistants - have battled strong head winds to keep the clinic going. Rising administrative costs and flat insurance-reimbursement rates make it tough to cover basic expenses. One in five patients lack insurance; others are saddled with sky-high deductibles. Last year, Wood even cut his annual salary by half to help keep the clinic afloat.

Health-care industry divided experts can't agree on where the problems lie By Brice Wallace Deseret Morning News Published: Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007 12:34 a.m. MDT (View Full Article)

SANDY — It might be a huge understatement to say proponents of health-care reform in Utah have their hands full. Some evidence could be gleaned from a Thursday health-care conference attended by more than 100 stakeholders.Remarks from representatives of different parts of the industry showed they could not agree on even the most fundamental question of whether the current health-care system is broken, or, if it is, to what degree.
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9-21-07 NewsMax.com Hillarycare Is Really 'Hillarycon' (View Full Article)

Sometimes Hillary Clinton leaves me breathless with the sheer arrogance of her assumption that the American people are like a bunch of straw-chewing rubes eager to buy her latest brand of snake oil. The introduced her latest excursion into the field of healthcare in America by assuring us that under her national healthcare plan people will no longer be denied needed emergency medical services because they lack health insurance. Hillary knows that the law provides that nobody can be turned away because of their inability to pay for needed medical services — she just hopes the voters don’t know that. She wants them to think that some cruel tyrant stands at the emergency room door barring entrance to the poor and needy............
9-20-07 Deseret Morning News "United Ways views.... (View Full Article)
 
John T. Nielsen, director of GOED's Health Insurance Exchange, said the idea of a "connector" or "exchange" to solve insurance woes could take up to two years to put into effect, with the formation of a private, not-for-profit corporation getting a logistical and financial jump-start from state government. But that did not please Rep. Jim Dunnigan, R-Taylorsville. "If we're putting in tax dollars to get it started and the governor is appointing the directors, it's starting to sound like a government entity," Dunnigan said. "I don't care if it's a nonprofit corporation, but using tax dollars, the governor appointing the people and requests for legislation to get it going, if it walks, talks and smells like a bureaucracy, it is a bureaucracy."...................
9-19-07 Google News Piece on Presidents Testimony to Committee
  • Kiplinger's Personal Finance: Kimberly Lankford debunks misconceptions about getting health insurance on your own and explains how to begin process. <Enter>
  •  Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans, comments on Michael Moore's SICO movie presentation. Provides a fair response and points out obvious issues ignored in SICO <Enter>

  • Many have admired Peter Jennings over the years for his non-biased reporting. This particular program aired during his  personal medical crisis which eventually took his life. Mr. Jennings had a front row seat with how things really works in the health care funding system. Undoubtedly, he walked the talk with his experience and perspective of superior health care treatment he received.  This aired on ABC news December 12, 2005. Although this is a few years old the facts and positions are still accurate for today and shows a perspective of a patient with a news reporting carrier.

    Peter Jennings Reporting: 'Breakdown -- America's Health Insurance Crisis'

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    Full length video presentation coming soon!