Category Archives: junglenomics
War on Healthcare
Today’s word: medical underwriting. “the use of medical or health status information in the evaluation of an applicant for coverage” – As I’ve pointed out before McCain’s healthcare plan relies heavily on state-run high-risk pools; it would essentially eliminate employer-sponsored … Continue reading
Filed under economics, healthcare finance, junglenomics, social insurance
Slimymarketing Alert
Have you purchased health insurance through a college or university recently? Be advised that those seemingly trustworthy institutions are selling some slimy merchandise: health insurance. BusinessWeek reports that many people with claims under those policies are finding themselves not-so-insured: More … Continue reading
Filed under junglenomics, slimy marketing
McCain GAP revisited
In a previous post I noted McCain’s plan to guarantee everyone access to health insurance–or GAP–consists of dumping millions of people into the dysfunctional state high-risk pools. I know this is going to be hard to believe but that’s precisely … Continue reading
Filed under healthcare finance, junglenomics
Waiting for McCain’s Health Plan
A few weeks ago I noted that McCain has no healthcare plan. Well, he does, but it amounts to “throw[ing] you to the market wolves–an individual health insurance market that gives the best prices to the young and healthy and … Continue reading
Filed under healthcare finance, junglenomics
It’s the solidarity, stupid!
Maggie Mahar has an interesting post on why we don’t have national healthcare. “[inequality], says Princeton economist Uwe Reinhardt, is what makes health care reform so much more difficult in the U.S. than in countries such as Finland, Canada, Belgium, … Continue reading
Filed under dignity, healthcare finance, junglenomics
Faith in markets
Now that housing and credit market fiasco is clear to all observers it might be a good idea to ask how we got here. Answer: regulators asleep at the wheel. Or, more precisely, blind regulators. Blinded by ideology. It worth … Continue reading
Filed under economics, junglenomics, radical right, slimy marketing
I like this strategy
Quotable: Robert Laszewski at Healthcare Policy and Marketplace Review: “There is an old salesman’s axiom, “Don’t ever ask a question you don’t already know the answer to.” Key House Democrats have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the … Continue reading
Filed under junglenomics
To help or not to help
…that is the GOP’s question: President Bush yesterday: from wire service reports: “President Bush told those affected by a series of deadly tornadoes in five Southern states that help from the federal government is on the way.” “Loss of life, … Continue reading
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Social Darwinism v2
From the Wall Street Journal opinion page: Why can’t people living in New Jersey buy health insurance available to residents of, say, Pennsylvania? Rep. John Shadegg, an Arizona Republican, thinks they should — and today will reintroduce legislation to make … Continue reading
Filed under healthcare finance, junglenomics
Weeding out the weak
For a party that doesn’t believe in evolution the GOP seems to have no trouble believing in Social Darwinism. The NY Times reports that the Social Security Administration is trying to deal with a huge backlog of disability claims: “the … Continue reading
Filed under junglenomics, radical right
