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| Decoding Health Insurance
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| posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005
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The New York Times
May 22, 2005 By Robin Cook
In this dawning era of genomic medicine, the result may be that the concept of private health insurance, which is based on actuarially pooling risk within specified, fragmented groups, will become obsolete since risk cannot be pooled if it can be determined for individual policyholders. Genetically determined predilection for disease will become the modern equivalent of the "pre-existing condition" that private insurers have stringently avoided. As a doctor I have always been against health insurance...
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| Single-Payer Myths; Single-Payer Facts
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| posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005
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Facts about National Health Insurance (NHI) You Might Not Know
The health care delivery system remains private. As
opposed to a national health service, where the government employs
doctors, in a national health insurance system, the government is
billed, but doctors remain in private practice.
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| Who’s Uninsured in Idaho and Why
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| posted on Friday, May 20, 2005
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- Most uninsured Idahoans are in working families.
For most uninsured Idahoans (88 percent), at least one person in the
family works either fulltime or part-time. Many (52 percent) have
family members who work full time, all year.
- Uninsured people include children, young adults, middle-aged adults, and people nearing or at retirement.
Because the Medicare program provides health insurance for most people
age 65 and over, the uninsured are almost entirely under the age of 65.
The largest number of uninsured are those aged 30-49, but the rate of
uninsurance is highest for young adults, aged 19-29.
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| Principles of Health Care in Canada
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| posted on Friday, May 20, 2005
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In the United States we have:
- Tried to ignore the issue of the uninsured and underinsured
- Looked for private solutions to the problem
- Begun to pay a price that is immeasurable in terms of care delayed and stagnant workforce with decreased productivity
The Canadians got it right, providing health care for all Canadians through the Canada Health Act.
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