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It’s Personal
I’ve been on Medicaid for a few months. I’ve been on SNAP for a few weeks. I’m waiting to be approved for Social Security benefits.
Medicaid Expansion Explained
Let’s start with the most important fact–millions of Americans have health insurance because of Medicaid expansion.
Caps on Health Insurance
Before passage of Obamacare, many Americans were subject to annual and/or lifetime caps on the amount of money their insurer would pay for their coverage; for example, if your insurance plan had a lifetime cap of a million dollars, the insurance company would stop paying your bills once they reached a million dollars.
Taxes in Obamacare
The IRS has produced a page on the tax provisions in Obamacare.
America’s Failing Health Care System
The post entitled The State of American Health care contains all the information discussed in the podcast. The links to the relevant sections of the CIA’s World Factbook can be found in this post too. My health care tag lists all the health care content I have produced. Every time I blog or podcast about… Continue reading America’s Failing Health Care System
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Tort Reform and Health Care
I want to satisfy my legal friends and say that tort reform should be called negligence reform, negligence is the tort that is used to sue medical professionals.
The State of American Health Care
All of the data in this post is from the CIA’s World Factbook.
Medical Professionals Kill Many Americans
In 2013, John James released a report called A New Evidence Based Estimate of Patient Harms. James estimated that between 210,000 and 440,000 Americans die as a result of harm done to them during hospitalization.
Introducing Mom
When Mom was 18, she gave birth to my identical twin brother and I. At the time, she was extremely poor and had basically no support. After she refused the money for an abortion, the “man” who got Mom pregnant and his family ignored her. Knowing she would have a difficult time caring for us… Continue reading Introducing Mom