New Orleans As hope soars for the new Affordable Care Act and its coming coverage of the uninsured, some of the discoveries of the problems with the law produce a heavy heart. Yesterday we looked at one big healthcare company’s attempt to scam the system and rip-off their lower waged workers by trying to …
Category: Health Care
ACA Conundrums: Smaller Networks, Low Premiums, High Deductibles
New Orleans As the countdown to enrollment in ACA comes closer with October 1st ringing the opening bell, low to moderate income families and workers without health insurance are facing a quandary of competing claims and conflicting news reports. I read a report recently of a call from the White House to various groups including …
Punishing the Clinic Door Strategy in Texas and Florida at the Polls
Baton Rouge There is a desperate and cynical political strategy at work in the efforts of Florida Governor Rick Scott and Texas Governor Rick Perry in their attempts to bar people from the clinic doors trying to enroll under the new Affordable Care Act on October 1st. This Rick-o-say strategy will in fact ricochet on …