A criminal statute threatens. If you don't comply with the law, you are forewarned that your life, in some cases, your liberty, in other cases and your property in most cases, will be taken away from you by force if necessary. Armed agents of the government are empowered to take [...]
The Boston Globe, November 7, 2009
A new study puts the number of deaths among Americans between the ages of 18 and 64 associated with lack of health insurance at 44,789 a year.
US government agencies typically use a figure around $7 million to represent the lost economic output from each death. [...]
The American Prospect, October 27, 2009
by Robert KuttnerWhat are our fondest hopes and worst fears for the health legislation now slouching towards the president's desk? On the plus side, it will cover slightly more than half of America's uninsured, qualify more of the near-poor for Medicaid, and it may lead [...]
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[...]From the Office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
LOWER COSTS
No more co-pays or deductibles for preventive care No more rate increases for pre-existing conditions, gender, or occupation An annual cap on your out-of-pocket expenses Group rates of a national pool if you buy your own plan Guaranteed, affordable oral, hearing, [...]The head of the world’s largest pharmaceuticals company praised the Senate finance committee’s latest draft
He rejected suggestions from critics that there would be “an enormous offsetting windfall from new customers” as a result of additional cover provided by the reform to uninsured Americans,
Mr. Kindler stressed the importance in the [...]
