Posts tagged reform

• Health Care Bills Must Maintain Focus on Reducing Injury, Not Reducing Patients' Rights

  David Mittleman | September 20, 2009 1:25 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In his speech to the joint session of Congress, President Obama hinted that he would consider approaching the issue of medical malpractice liability to show he is willing to compromise with...

• Poll Finds Americans Support Healthcare Reform Despite Worries Over Cost

  David Mittleman | September 19, 2009 10:00 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Amidst all of the supposed “grassroots” opposition to President Obama’s healthcare reform plans, a Bloomberg News poll recently found that 8 out of 10 Americans actually support...

• Georgia Supreme Court Considers Whether "Tort Reform" Equals Crooked Justice

  David Mittleman | September 16, 2009 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Georgia Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case that could invalidate the insurance industry's attempts to provide immunity to the most negligent doctors and deny recovery to the most...

• Getting down to the nuts and bolts of health care reform in Michigan

  David Mittleman | September 05, 2009 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As media coverage surrounding proposed Health Care legislation fluctuates back and forth from one highly charged emotional issue to another, many Michigan residents are left wondering, how would any...

• Public Option Could Increase Competition Amongst Private Health Insurers

  David Mittleman | August 25, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  One of the many arguments critics are using against the proposed health care reform legislation is that a public option would kill competition in the private health insurance market. However, a...

• Tort Reform Not a Panacea for Decreasing Health Care Costs

  David Mittleman | August 22, 2009 9:37 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  So far critics have mostly focused on tearing apart health care reform by portraying it as “socialist” or as a “Nazi” agenda with a federal government “death...

• "Death Panel" Rumors Patently False, Fueled by Republican Talking Heads

  David Mittleman | August 16, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Recently, a stubborn, yet false rumor has been spreading like wildfire thanks to Republican talking heads and other stalwarts, including former vice-president nominee Sarah Palin and veteran Iowa...

• Insurance Industry Claims Low Profits, High Expenditures on Medical Care

  David Mittleman | August 08, 2009 10:00 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the lobbying arm of the insurance industry, claims that “for every dollar spent on health care in America, approximately 1 penny goes to health...

• Don't Be Fooled by Phoney Town Hall Unrest on Health Care Reform

  David Mittleman | August 05, 2009 4:14 PM | 43 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Yesterday I blogged about a new tactic that a plastic surgery firm was using to entice consumers to try their facelift procedure: by having their own employees post positive internet reviews of...

• Republican's Use Private Insurance Front Group To Argue Against Health Care Reform

  Devon Glass | July 24, 2009 3:05 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Republican lawmakers are doing everything they can to stop health care reform, and one of their tactics is to site the “non-partisan” Lewin Group as a source of support against...