Posted by: Erin Kelly on Jun 08, 2010
Anne Brooks is a nun and a physician who is attempting to change the lives of lower-income members of her community—one doctor’s visit at a time. She’s been working out of a small clinic in Mississippi for over 27 years, treating people who are often uninsured and can’t pay their medical bills. Because Congress passed comprehensive health reform this year, however, she has hope that things will start looking up soon.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Jun 03, 2010
No matter your political affiliation or economic philosophy, most everyone can agree that small businesses play a major role in the growth and sustainability of the American economy
Posted by: Erin Kelly on May 26, 2010
It’s been a little over two months since President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and across the nation, Americans are looking forward to changes in the new system.
Posted by: Mark Fisher on May 19, 2010
Opponents of health reform tried to scare the American people with tired rhetoric during the debate over health reform, such as claiming that the government will get between patients and their doctor . It proved difficult to dismiss this rhetoric in the fall and early spring, when Congress was still hashing out the details of the bill, but now we have evidence that these fears were misguided.
Posted by: Mark Fisher on May 18, 2010
One of the least mentioned aspects of the health reform law are measures that will improve the quality of health care. Although the benefits were not scored by the Congressional Budget Office, these measures are intended to positively change care, in both patient and doctor satisfaction and costs.
Posted by: Jonay Foster on May 13, 2010
The recession has affected every American. But in Michigan, the effect of the recession is amplified. It has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. In addition, residents of Detroit, a city of over 900,000, don’t have access to a national full-service chain grocery store. Without jobs, many will lose health coverage. And without access to healthy foods (those in areas without grocery stores rely on fast food restaurants and convenience stores as their food sources), people are at higher risk for health conditions such as diabetes. This is a bad combination
Posted by: Erin Kelly on May 05, 2010
Thanks to health reform, young adults can stay on
their parents' coverage longer, seniors are protected from spending too much on
costly prescription drugs, and insurance companies can no longer deny people
coverage if they've ever been sick -and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Because
of these provisions we will be a much healthier country. If that's not reason
enough to love the bill, consider this: We'll also be a richer country.
Posted by: Mark Fisher on Apr 30, 2010
Many Americans believe that Medicaid is available to all
citizens with low incomes. The assumption is that anyone who is "poor" can
qualify for the program. Unfortunately, it's just not that simple.
Posted by: Mark Fisher on Apr 29, 2010
Many opponents said that the passed health reform
legislation amounted to a "federal government takeover" of health care. That,
like many of the myths we've heard for the past year, is false.
Posted by: Amber Roberts on Apr 27, 2010
Remember that song, I'm
Just a Bill? I love that cartoon, but as I watched it recently, I realized
that my friends at School House Rock left me hanging! Health care reform has
been on my mind, and what better way to understand it then to take a stroll
down memory lane with the same folks who taught me my multiplication tables and
the basics of English grammar? Imagine my shock and horror when I realized that
the cartoon ends with the New Law wearing a sash and ribbon, smiling as
confetti rains down. The End.
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