Little Rock For all of the criticism of the on-line tools and what Secretary of HHS Sebelius has now called the “debacle” of the web access for enrollment for the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare, the 800 pound gorilla in the room is still sitting on the digital divide. First, we have huge numbers of …
Category: Health Care
We All Need Health Advocates and Advisors
New Orleans The more I get my arms around the current American health system, the more I’m convinced we all need real help and representation and need it badly. Two hugely disturbing cases of predatory abuse in the current health care system underscore my concerns. One was a story as old as usurious interest …
How Bad are On-line Bottlenecks in Obamacare Enrollment Chaos?
New Orleans This is the Chief Organizer, not Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, so let’s start by not pretending that the first two weeks of enrollment under the Affordable Care Act have been anything other than bad. They have been woeful. At the same time in my view none of the problems are fatal, all of …