New Orleans The more studies that are done, the more time that passes, the more it seems impossible to get around the core issue embedded in the compromises of the Affordable Care Act: it’s just not affordable for lower income families. The government’s projections for the current signup period are frankly modest at about nine …
Category: Health Care
Using Telemedicine to Lower Cost and Expand Healthcare
New Orleans Recently I had my annual physical. I’ve used the same doctor for a dozen years. She chatted and asked me about other family members that I’ve sent her way. She asked me a series of basic, rote questions, checked my pulse, pulled out the stethoscope to take a listen, and then sent me …
The Problem of Obamacare Dropouts: Cost, Confusion, and Language
New Orleans We’re knocking on the door of another Affordable Care Act enrollment period beginning November 1st. There are ten million eligible people who have not yet received coverage of whom 40% or 4 million are lower income. Reports indicate that there are improvements in the website, but there is no indication that there is …