Comments on: Insuring the Uninsured http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/insuring-the-uninsured/ Insights on Health Care Reform | NCPA Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:27:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Patricia Masters http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/insuring-the-uninsured/comment-page-1/#comment-39283 Patricia Masters Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:18:09 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=588#comment-39283 Only problem I foresee is... If a person gets their health insurance through their employer AND it is a CS125 plan that IS NOT included in their Gross Taxable Wages and, therefore, not taxable for any Federal and State Income Tax purpose.. ... they should not get the $5,000 credit Otherwise, they are 'double-dipping'... they get the tax break from non-taxable compensation AND $5,000 tax credit... Only problem I foresee is…

If a person gets their health insurance through their employer AND it is a CS125 plan that IS NOT included in their Gross Taxable Wages and, therefore, not taxable for any Federal and State Income Tax purpose..
… they should not get the $5,000 credit

Otherwise, they are ‘double-dipping’… they get the tax break from non-taxable compensation AND $5,000 tax credit…

]]> By: Bob Kramer http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/insuring-the-uninsured/comment-page-1/#comment-39281 Bob Kramer Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:18:31 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=588#comment-39281 A spectacular analysis, again. Why don't people remember what they read? My main concern is from the provider side; it is almost impossible for a physician to earn a living AND practice good medicine if he (or she) has to rely on Medicare and Medicaid as their revenue source. This could provide for a great in-depth analysis. A spectacular analysis, again. Why don’t people remember what they read? My main concern is from the provider side; it is almost impossible for a physician to earn a living AND practice good medicine if he (or she) has to rely on Medicare and Medicaid as their revenue source. This could provide for a great in-depth analysis.

]]> By: Clinton J Sewell, MD http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/insuring-the-uninsured/comment-page-1/#comment-39279 Clinton J Sewell, MD Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:00:50 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=588#comment-39279 That "local safety net institution" should be a community-based healthcare delivery system of primary care physicians organized as a corporation of private practices. Efforts are being made throughout the country therough Sermo, an online website fo 70,000 physicians, to establish these networks, called CPNs or Community Physician Networks. As an integrated delivery system, their objective is to deliver more efficient and higher quality healthcare to the communities they serve. They will do so by engaging with their respective communities in forums outside of the office - schools, community centers, churches, healthfairs etc. as well as providing an integrated approach to care delivery that will lead to better health awareness and measurably improved treatment outcomes. CPNs will provide the kind of quality healthcare service that can be presented to an employer (especially large employers) as an option to purchasing insurance, through direct payment arrangements or by establishing HSAs in network affiliated institutions for their employees. These networks would be the appropriate 'safety net' to provide the healthcare needs of the uninsureds of the community. The individual or family subsidies would be held in a local financial institution, and disbursements made by use of a swipe card/ID (credit card type) system. The accelerated development of CPNs, however, will require the support of government in the areas of technology and infrastructural development - an area in which both presidential candidates have some agreement. Your support, as an expert on healthcare policy will also be invaluable. Please do not hesitate to promulgate the virtues of CPNs to captive audiences. For more information on CPNs, visit http://www.nappaonline.org and view the FAQs on the Physician Networks page. That “local safety net institution” should be a community-based healthcare delivery system of primary care physicians organized as a corporation of private practices. Efforts are being made throughout the country therough Sermo, an online website fo 70,000 physicians, to establish these networks, called CPNs or Community Physician Networks.

As an integrated delivery system, their objective is to deliver more efficient and higher quality healthcare to the communities they serve. They will do so by engaging with their respective communities in forums outside of the office – schools, community centers, churches, healthfairs etc. as well as providing an integrated approach to care delivery that will lead to better health awareness and measurably improved treatment outcomes.

CPNs will provide the kind of quality healthcare service that can be presented to an employer (especially large employers) as an option to purchasing insurance, through direct payment arrangements or by establishing HSAs in network affiliated institutions
for their employees.

These networks would be the appropriate ’safety net’ to provide the healthcare needs of the uninsureds of the
community. The individual or family subsidies would be held in a local financial institution, and disbursements made by use of a swipe card/ID (credit card type) system.

The accelerated development of CPNs, however, will require the support of government in the areas of technology and infrastructural development – an area in which both presidential candidates have some agreement. Your support, as an expert on healthcare policy will also be invaluable. Please do not hesitate to promulgate the virtues of CPNs to captive audiences.

For more information on CPNs, visit http://www.nappaonline.org and view the FAQs on the Physician Networks page.

]]> By: Gregory Isaacs http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/insuring-the-uninsured/comment-page-1/#comment-39278 Gregory Isaacs Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:09:31 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=588#comment-39278 As with all of your other suggested plans, you don't address pre-existing conditions which prevents people from getting insurance or the cost of individual poliocies. I am a healthy 60m year old and my health insurance goes up every six months. It is now more than my mortgage. As with all of your other suggested plans, you don’t address pre-existing conditions which prevents people from getting insurance or the cost of individual poliocies. I am a healthy 60m year old and my health insurance goes up every six months. It is now more than my mortgage.

]]> By: Jim Johnston http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/insuring-the-uninsured/comment-page-1/#comment-39277 Jim Johnston Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:34:48 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=588#comment-39277 How will we be able to determine the cost of insurance to cover a cost that there is no control over. The first problem is to get control of health care. Work on first things first and then you can control the cost and method of insurance How will we be able to determine the cost of insurance to cover a cost that there is no control over. The first problem is to get control of health care. Work on first things first and then you can control the cost and method of insurance

]]> By: Frederick W. Ford http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/insuring-the-uninsured/comment-page-1/#comment-39276 Frederick W. Ford Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:18:27 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=588#comment-39276 The better plan to insure everyone is to support John Conyer's bill, HR 676, The National Health Insurance Act, which would expand and improve medicare to cover every one in the country under a single payer, not for profit system. As long as the insurance companies continue to be involved in the delivery of health care in the country, no system, hovever well intentioned, will work. Under HR 676: • Everyone receives a Medicare card assuring payment for all needed care. • Free choice of doctor and hospital. • Doctors and hospitals remain independent, negotiating fees and budgets with Medicare. • Financed through progressive taxes (increase of Medicare payroll deduction to 4.75%, considerably less than the private insurance premiums being paid by employees and employers now). • Public agency processes and pays bills. Some Implications of “True” Medicare for All • The same coverage for everyone: No means testing; coverage would not depend on income, employment or age. • Medicaid would no be longer needed. Everyone would be under one system. • Hundreds of billions of dollars in administrative costs would be saved. • Costs would be controlled through capital planning, budgeting, and quality reviews conducted through the single insurer. Get more information at www.healthcare-NOW.org and www.pnhp.org The better plan to insure everyone is to support John Conyer’s bill, HR 676, The National Health Insurance Act, which would expand and improve medicare to cover every one in the country under a single payer, not for profit system. As long as the insurance companies continue to be involved in the delivery of health care in the country, no system, hovever well intentioned, will work. Under HR 676:

• Everyone receives a Medicare card assuring payment for all needed care.
• Free choice of doctor and hospital.
• Doctors and hospitals remain independent, negotiating fees and budgets with Medicare.
• Financed through progressive taxes (increase of Medicare payroll deduction to 4.75%, considerably less than the private insurance premiums being paid by employees and employers now).
• Public agency processes and pays bills.

Some Implications of “True” Medicare for All

• The same coverage for everyone: No means testing; coverage would not depend on income, employment or age.
• Medicaid would no be longer needed. Everyone would be under one system.
• Hundreds of billions of dollars in administrative costs would be saved.
• Costs would be controlled through capital planning, budgeting, and quality reviews conducted through the single insurer.

Get more information at http://www.healthcare-NOW.org and http://www.pnhp.org

]]> By: Tom http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/insuring-the-uninsured/comment-page-1/#comment-39264 Tom Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:56:09 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=588#comment-39264 This is not only a very serious approach to the subject, it is refreshingly original. This is not only a very serious approach to the subject, it is refreshingly original.

]]> By: Vicki http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/insuring-the-uninsured/comment-page-1/#comment-39263 Vicki Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:11:22 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=588#comment-39263 This should be required reading for all those left wing bloggers who were attacking Goodman for not caring about the uninsured. It won't supply them with a sense of humor. It will teach them something about health care. This should be required reading for all those left wing bloggers who were attacking Goodman for not caring about the uninsured. It won’t supply them with a sense of humor. It will teach them something about health care.

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