Showing posts with label Health Care Reform. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health Care Reform. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

This Time It Is Not The Economy Stupid: It Is Health Care

First of all, the fact that the health care bill is no longer the topic du jore does not mean it is no longer an issue. The real questions are whether the health care bill moved voters away from the Democrats, and whether those voters have since moved back now that the debate is over. The answers are yes - the debate moved voters away from the Democrats; and no - the voters have not come back.
This time it is not the economy stupid. The above chart and quotation from RealClearPolitics blog shows that the Democrats will lose control of the House of Representatives in the November 2010 election because of health care. Read the complete RealClearPolitics blog, "Health Care Reform Has Endangered the Democratic Majority" by Jay Cost.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

1 Out Of 6 Medicare Recipients Is 18-64 Years Old

From "Nonelderly Medicare Beneficiaries: Access And Costs More Problematic" by Chris Fleming, August 12th, 2010, on HealthAffairs Blog:
A new study released today by Health Affairs [HTML version] focuses on an often-neglected segment of Medicare enrollees: people ages 18–64 with permanent disabilities, a group that currently numbers eight million, or roughly one-sixth of the total number of Americans on Medicare.
The study is available as a PDF here.