Posts Tagged ‘spendulus’
Perdue Cold Cuts
Here at Georgia Health Insurance we like to stay on top how the state is spending our tax dollars. Like most states, and the federal government, we are looking at steep budget cuts to keep from going under. All areas are subject to the knife. Roads, schools and even Medicaid are trying to find ways to keep rolling on less money. When you cut [...]
Pig Farts and COBRA
LBJ conceived the Great Society to eliminate poverty and racial injustice. George H. W. Bush created the No Child Left Behind to provide quality basic education to all children. Obama is promising there will be No Patients Left Behind as part of his master plan to save the USA from economic collapse. We still have poverty, racial inequity and [...]
Star Chamber Medicine
The Star Chamber was a English court of law where sessions were held in secret, with no indictments, no right of appeal, no juries, and no witnesses. If Washington has their way, we may see something similar in our health care system. In a recent editorial at Bloomberg.com, Betsy McCaughey offers this view of the Spendulus Bill. The bill's [...]
PeachCare
PeachCare is the Georgia version of SCHIP . . . the State Children's Health Insurance Plan. PeachCare is funded through taxpayer dollars, with roughly a third coming from federal taxes. In addition to medical care, the PeachCare plan cover's dental benefits for qualified children up to age 18. In addition to funding issues, Peachare (and any [...]
