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- Head cracking time on health care reform
- "And I can get back to writing about tech."NO - get to writing about TECH now - and stop using this site for your liberal soapboxing!the only head that will crack wil be Obama'sReal Americans are concerned about deficit, death panels and the slippery slope to socialism.This 'reform' will fail...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, soapboxing, healthcare reform
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Democrats threaten to grow backbones over health reform
- Good analysis.ntthis bill is DOA!Thanks to the efforts of real Americans in Congress and townhalls, the road to socialism in America has been blocked for now.The liberal plan to take over our healthcare and turn it into an expensive third world healthcare has been foiled, but the real test comes...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Reform, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Lower costs or mandate coverage
- More Politics on ZDNET?This is a tech site - please stick to TECH.Pitching this spin is not productive. It's also so one sided as to be laughable.America is a capitalist nation. Let the free market do its job and stop interfering.The marketThe market says policy is important. I...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Palin, Carl Rapson
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- Harvard study leads liberal pushback
- And passing this would be the "first shot" of the next civil war..Passing rubbish like this is whats going to ultimately make this country fall. The federal government, under the 10th Ammendment, has no business telling their citizens that they [b]must[/b] have health insurance. That is a state right and...
- Tags: Financial Planning, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, commy, insurance, Harvard, hospital
- Discussion threads 2009-09-18
- Health insurance is an oxymoron
- Meaningful reformOne. Allow insurance companies to offer any kind of plan they want ranging from catastrophic to "we'll pay for pimples," and price them accordingly. Eliminate the requirement that insurance companies have to cover pre-existing conditions without being able to charge higher rates.Two. Lower the costs of being in the...
- Tags: Financial Planning, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health insurance, insurance, health care, insurance company, personal responsibility
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- Condemning what the market does worse
- Agree, but unfair comparisonI do agree with most of what you are saying, but feel compelled to take issue with the following:You said "Few deny the Obama Administration has mangled the health care debate. On my personal blog I have compared this to how the Bush Administration handled Hurricane Katrina."The...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, government, insurance
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- Lance Armstrong for health czar
- Lance Armstrong for health czarLance already has a full-time jobTeam RadioshackWhile I don't......agree with National Health Care, if it's going to be forced upon us I could see Lance fulfilling this position.The idea of wellnessfits in perfectly with Obama-care.Health care reform isn't about health care. It's about the state grabbing...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Government, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Lance Armstrong, wellness, health care, Livestrong
- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
- Health reform must focus on incentives to cut costs
- Health reform must focus on incentives to cut costsChanging who pays for health careis precisely what is needed to cut costs. The only problem is, who pays for health care needs to be you, and not someone else. As long as we simply shift who the "someone else" is, the...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Financial Planning, Right Now IT, health care, insurance, cut cost, incentive
- Discussion threads 2009-07-10
- Should doctors go on strike?
- Should doctors go on strike?Big government is the cause... of crazy medical expense. We need less regulation so there's less room for the insurance company and lawyer manipulation that jacks the medical cost. Obama's more government involvement is the wrong solution.No, life, liberty and the pursuit of happinessare fundamental human...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Medical Care, Obama, Big Government, health care, medical care, HIPPA
- Discussion threads 2009-07-09
- ObamaCare opponents scramble to build a winning coalition
- ObamaCare opponents scramble to build a winning coalitionObamaCare sneaks a foot in the doorExisting insurance companies and health care providers worry about the government plan because it is the pre-ordained winner on the path to single payer, not because a government plan would be inherently superior.Any Democrat worth their credentials...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Healthcare reform, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, game plan, health care, single payer, ObamaCare, ObamaCare opponent
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- Windows AutoRun gets a makeover to combat malware
- Windows AutoRun gets a makeover to combat malwareFinally!Now for the OTHER 999 "convenience features" that work like leaving the keys in the car!Personally, I want autorun to work even for USB drivesBecause when I stick the drive into my machine, I want to pop up that list asking me what...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Windows AutoRun, malware, makeover, Autorun, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- Moneychangers in the medical temple
- Moneychangers in the medical templeAdvertising & Lack of competition at heart of problemAdvertising adds billions of dollars to the cost of America's medicines. We're drowning in TV & printed ads for medications. Drug companies fly reps all over the country, treating doctors and nurses to free lunches &...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Health Reform, advertisement, lunch, medication, patient
- Discussion threads 2009-03-06
- Obama health agenda takes shape
- Obama health agenda takes shapeAnd hisSocialist agenda rolls forth... with a 39% tax rate on the rich (coming soon from your friend with hope...) those that have earned their way up will be further punished for success. This of course will drive many to move their money off shore as...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, Comparative Effectiveness, health care, Medicare, hospital
- Discussion threads 2009-02-26
- Health care is rationed and people die
- Health care is rationed and people dieWrong approachThe health care provisions in the current "stimulus" package are a prescription for the elimination of the aged and no amount of "data"worship can change that fact. What's next "Soylent Green"?Government Run Health Care == VA HospitalsWant to see how government mandated...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-02-15
- How much governing power do online supporters give Obama?
- How much governing power do online supporters give Obama?He'll figure it out...The first time Obama wants constituents to push Congressional support for a bill he and we are going to find just how effective his online support is.Depends on his continuing popularityRonald Reagan was able to go over the heads...
- Tags: Obama, online supporter
- Discussion threads 2008-12-30
- News to know: Yahoo, Blackberry Storm, Black Friday leaks, Smartphones
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Yahoo dips below $10; Icahn, board called out Larry Dignan: Verizon Wireless: Storm lands Nov. 21 Sean Portnoy: Best Buy...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Smartphone, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- RAND study calls for Health ID numbers
- RAND study calls for Health ID numbersBoiling frogsI noticed the words "initial system is strictly opt-in"... meaning, at some later date, it can become mandatory. Early adopters won't be in groups targeted for pros/persecution for not complying. At very least, it will be the "you can't get any...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Social Security, Operational accounting, Health ID, health care, card, government, Ingersoll-Rand
- Discussion threads 2008-10-21
- There is no pony plan for health care
- There is no pony plan for health careUntil the greedy Pharmaceutical Companies are reeled in...There is no hope for fixing health care in the US.It MUST start with the banning of Pharmaceutical Advertising on TV. The billions paid for those ad's are paid by patients needing the meds IF...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, surcharge, pony plan, insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Medicare bargains going away
- The real issue is the growing budget crunch, and promises made by both sides. Republicans won big subsidies in creating a partly-privatized Medicare covering prescription drugs. Doctors once promised to cut their reimbursements but now resist that. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Medicare, Prescription Drug, Wall Street Journal Analysis, Notices, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-28
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