Survey says: No healthcare ‘crisis’
In our most recent HSH Market Trends survey, we asked our readers to weight in on health care reform. The people have spoken (click the image for full size):
‘This is no joke’
Congress has been known to introduce lots of interesting legislation, but once in a while comes a bill which — at first glance — might seem rather silly.
One of the sources we follow, Wall Street Source, couldn’t help letting their disbelief come through in today’s Morning Call, a summary in which they aggregate various topics:
USNEWS: Wall Street Source – 06-12 07:31 AM
Tobacco’s Impact on State Budgets
State governments have a very interesting dilemma when it comes to selling tobacco products — cigarettes in particular. Moral and fiscal dilemmas emerge as governments attempt to walk the fine line between promoting health care initiatives and selling a product that generates millions in funding for their budgets despite killing hundreds of thousands of Americans each year.
Strapped with massive deficits, many states are deciding whether to raise their tax on tobacco products. Raising the tax on tobacco provides states the ability to pad their budgets’ general fund as well as provide cash for anti-smoking education and cancer research: Read the rest of this entry »
Should COBRA’s Improved Coverage Be Made Permanent?
The recently enacted Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act has endured its far share of criticism, yet opponents have argued little about the benefits the legislation has brought to millions of unemployed Americans.
There are few options for the unemployed when it comes to maintaining health-insurance policies after they have been let go. Laid-off workers have two basic options: research and sign up for a personal policy under an independent insurer, or continue the benefits they were once eligible for under their former employer through COBRA.
