Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Since I have been studying health care intensely for more than three years, I feel compelled to make some comments about what is going on currently with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). There is no political agenda to what I have to say. My comments relate to healthcare, not the positions or […]
Medical School
One of the many current myths about healthcare is that “nobody wants to be a doctor” because of the various regulatory and economic restraints in the United States. As a result, some believe, there will be a large deficit of physicians to care for the impending addition of tens of millions of uninsured people. The […]
IBM Retiree Healthcare
This morning, I attended a local gathering of approximately 45 retired IBMers at Founders Hall. As previously described, IBM has made arrangements with ExtendHealth to act as a broker to provide advice and enrollment for retirees with regard to Medigap, Medicare Advantage, Rx, Dental, and Vision insurance programs. The choices are complex and the consensus […]
Long Live the Fax Machine
Coupon Chile did some research about fax machines and found that there are 46.3 million of them around the world, 17.4 million in the United States. The total faxes sent each year is 16.9 billion, representing 853 miles high of paper, which equates to 2 million trees taken down every year. The fax machine and […]
Healthcare Cost
Yesterday’s post focused on the pain of enrollment for healthcare insurance. The other pain is the cost of the insurance. When I retired from IBM in 2001, my monthly health insurance cost was a little more than $200, including one of my four children who was eligible at that time. For 2014, my monthly cost […]
