Public plan choice, when public and private insurance compete side by side to attract enrollees on a level playing field, rewards plans that deliver better value and health to their enrollees. According to opinion polling, most Americans want public and private insurance competing side by side so that they can choose the best option for themselves and their families. Both should have a chance to prove their strengths and improve their weaknesses in a competitive partnership. Read the report from Prof. Jacob Hacker.more »
Help us spread the word about these important stories...
Health Care For America allows people to keep the health care coverage they have and offers Americans the choice to buy into a public plan like Medicare. It combines personal responsibility and an employer contribution to create a new framework ensuring that everyone is covered. more »
Help us spread the word about these important stories...
Our review of a broad range of reputable polls on economic issues finds a big difference between the policy solutions that dominate the discussion among policymakers and media pundits and what the majority of average citizens would like to be brought to the forefront.
A new Democracy Corps/Campaign for America's Future survey on House Republican budget proposal shows Americans are skeptical of Republicans in Congress and the Tea Party movement, and cautious about the deficit reduction plan.
Our data shows that proposals to dismantle Medicare in the 2012 House Republican budget could sink the political futures of those who for it. When the budget is described, using the language of its chief author, support collapses to 36 percent. The proposed cuts to Medicare raise concerns for nearly two-thirds of respondents. more »
Help us spread the word about these important stories...
Residents and governments of the 50 states and the District of Columbia will receive $849 billion in new federal funding for health coverage over the next decade under proposed federal health reform legislation. more »
Help us spread the word about these important stories...
The Senate health reform bill passed on December 24, 2009, contained an excise tax on high-cost employer health insurance plans; in mid-January 2010 the White House and union leaders negotiated a proposed amendment to the Senate excise tax provision. This report focuses on how the impact of the tax as passed by the Senate and the proposed amendment would differ for union members and workers not covered by a collective bargaining agreement more »
Help us spread the word about these important stories...
The annual insurer fee and excise tax in the proposed Patent Protection and Affordable Health Care Act pending in the Senate would have a significant negative impact on the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. The annual insurer fee would lead to increased premiums, and in order to avoid the excise tax, plans would be forced to reduce benefits. more »
Help us spread the word about these important stories...
Delicious
Digg
StumbleUpon
Propeller
Reddit
Magnoliacom
Newsvine
Furl
Facebook
Google
Yahoo
Technorati
