Bringing healthcare to more Americans is not just the moral thing to do, but it makes economic sense. Seems to me that a home economist would really appreciate the beauty of that. In fact, if there's any group of professionals who should make it their goal to inform consumers about what's in this law and how it will affect consumers (that is, FAMILIES), then it would be the dear old Family and Consumer Scientists. But where are we on this? Go to our website: this issue is non-existent. We seem to exist in a political and historical vacuum.
http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/01/06/more-small-businesses-offering-health-care-to-employees-thanks-to-obamacare/
Showing posts with label healthcare reform. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthcare reform. Show all posts
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Happy 2011!
And here are some of the policy issues we should pay attention to in the new year (drumroll?):
- repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell (done, but yet to be implemented...long overdue)
- attempted repeal of healthcare reform (want to know what's in it? Go to http://healthreform.kff.org/)
- breastfeeding friendly workplace legislation being phased in (some good news--for more go to feed://www.whitehouse.gov/feed/blog/cwg) -- thanks to healthcare reform law
- attempt to privatize and otherwise whittle away at entitlements such as Medicare and Social Security
- Immigration Reform (http://www.asianjournal.com/dateline-usa/15-dateline-usa/8584-immigration-reform-needed-for-economic-growth-bloomberg.html; http://www.newsmax.com/US/DREAM-immigrationreform-CenterforImmigrationStudies-ACLU/2010/12/30/id/381465)
- attempted investigations of everything and everyone under the sun (to keep us good and distracted)
Why am I telling you this? I recall that the nation voted in a mostly new cast of characters who are talking a lot about compromise, bipartisanship, and working together for the good of the American people. I recall a lot of concern about the national debt. Someone will have to make sure these clowns remember their "mandate." If we don't do it, we'll only have ourselves to blame when all we get is a lot of theatrics and no results.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Good Sources of Information on Healthcare Reform
Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC)HSC is a nonpartisan research center dedicated to informing "policy makers and private decision makers about how local and national changes in financing and delivery of health care affect people."
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)The CBO "provides Congress with nonpartisan analyses for economic and budget decisions." This links to the CBO's preliminary analysis of H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009.
HealthReform.govHealthReform.gov is a U.S. Government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. It includes the Obama Adminstration's messages on health care reform.
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)KFF is "a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., as well as the U.S. role in global health policy." This links to the foundation's "Side-by-Side Comparison of Mayor Health Care Reform Proposals."
Tax Policy Center (TPC)The Tax Policy Center is a joint venture of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute. It offers "timely, accessible analysis and facts about tax policy to policymakers, journalists, citizens, and researchers." This links to a "The Numbers" analysis done by the TPC titled, "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 Surcharge on High Income Individuals."
U.S. House of RepresentativesThis links to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which is handling the markup of the current health care reform bill. The committee's chair is Congressman Henry Waxman (D - California). Many of the committee's latest news updates focus on health care reform.
U.S. SenateThis links to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions. The committee's chair is Senator Edward Kennedy (D - Massachusetts). Many of the committee's latest news updates focus on health care reform.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)The CBO "provides Congress with nonpartisan analyses for economic and budget decisions." This links to the CBO's preliminary analysis of H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009.
HealthReform.govHealthReform.gov is a U.S. Government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. It includes the Obama Adminstration's messages on health care reform.
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)KFF is "a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., as well as the U.S. role in global health policy." This links to the foundation's "Side-by-Side Comparison of Mayor Health Care Reform Proposals."
Tax Policy Center (TPC)The Tax Policy Center is a joint venture of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute. It offers "timely, accessible analysis and facts about tax policy to policymakers, journalists, citizens, and researchers." This links to a "The Numbers" analysis done by the TPC titled, "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 Surcharge on High Income Individuals."
U.S. House of RepresentativesThis links to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which is handling the markup of the current health care reform bill. The committee's chair is Congressman Henry Waxman (D - California). Many of the committee's latest news updates focus on health care reform.
U.S. SenateThis links to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions. The committee's chair is Senator Edward Kennedy (D - Massachusetts). Many of the committee's latest news updates focus on health care reform.
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