Health Care Reforms
Debate and discussion regarding health care reform

Welcome to Health Care Reforms

Thank you for visiting Health Care Reforms.  If you are one of the 25% of individuals without health insurance coverage, then you will find our website of interest.  If you are are one of the 75% that does have health insurance coverage, and your premiums are rising to compensate for the 25% that don’t, you will also find the health care reform topics we debate and discuss of interest.

While many argue that no free democracy can force its citizens to pay for health insurance, the Constitution of the United State of America does not require our tax dollars be sent abroad in the form of financial assistance to foreign businesses, individuals and other politically legitimate causes.  While in many cases we do “what is right” for others outside of the USA which are coping with natural disasters, we ignore the devastation of inadequate access to medical care at home. (more…)

PPACA Passes U.S. Supreme Court Judicial Review

Judge Gavel

In what many are describing as a stunning victory for President Obama, the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) passed judicial review by the United States Supreme Court on June 28, 2012. Already this Supreme Court ruling is creating havoc among Republicans. And with this victory in hand, Democrats are not being shy about their victory.

Regardless of the political posturing taking place at this moment, the real winners from this U.S. Supreme Court ruling are Americans. With nearly a quarter of the United States population being uninsured, the Supreme Court’s blessing of the PPACA gives them hope that their medical care needs will be met. The hope that these people have for their future is not to be diminished by any political party. For we all want to be healthy and have the ability to seek medical care if the need should arise. Read more…

Posted by Admin - June 28, 2012 at 11:22 pm

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A Billion Dollars Saved by Health Care Reforms

Money Bag

The Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010, contains provisions which require health insurance companies to dedicate a minimum of 80% of their funds to paying claims involving medical care. This section of the law is known as the medical loss ratio. Funds which have not been allocated to paying medical care claims, or quality improvements, must be returned to consumers as a refund or a discount applied to premiums paid the following year. As a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, consumers are expected to receive a total of $1.3 billion in refunds this year alone.

The consumers that receive the refunds under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act regulations include both businesses and individual consumers. However, employers which receive refunds are under no obligation to pass these funds onto their employees. Below you will find a breakdown of which groups stand to gain the greatest refunds from their health insurance companies. Read more…

Posted by Admin - May 1, 2012 at 1:20 am

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Is the Individual Mandate Constitutional?

Court Gavel

Later this month, the United States Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments that allege the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. As the days draw closer to these hearings, just about every proponent and opponent to this law are crawling out from the woodworks. From scholars to attorneys, everyone is weighing in with their opinion in what most likely will be one of the largest single decisions that the Supreme Court will weigh in on in our lifetime.

Opponents of the Affordable Care Act are focusing much of their attention on the individual mandate. They are of the opinion that the government can’t compel you to purchase any product or service. Additionally, these opponents to health care reform also claim that allowing this law to go into effect would set a dangerous precedent for future laws to infringe on the rights of Americans. There are many comparisons being tossed about in the media that compare forced participation in a national health insurance program to the government forcing people to eat broccoli, peanuts and even macadamia nuts. Surely, some people involved in this debate are not forced to eat nuts but rather listen to the nuts babble. Read more…

Posted by Admin - March 13, 2012 at 11:52 pm

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