KHN column: Even with the ‘grandfather clause’ protection, change is coming to most health plans
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Can I opt out of government health care?

With the possibility of government health care becoming more and more likely. Is it going to be possible to opt out of this system? I currently do not have health insurance and I do not want the governments plan forced upon me.

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Help with health care policy aff please?

Poverty shouldn’t exist in the United States, one of the richest countries in the world. But it does. According to the US Census Bureau there are 45.7 million people that do not have insurance, 8.7 million of those being children. With us being one of the richest countries in the world we should be able to provide affordable access to health care for every individual in the United States, but we don’t. My partner and I stand resolved that the United States government should substantially increase social services for persons living under the poverty line in the United States. We offer the following plan.

Plank 1: Administration. The plan will be passed by U.S. Congress and implemented by a non-profit agency, so as not to give the government too much control.

Plank 2: Mandates. The federal government should only play a limited part in the health care reform, by providing subsidies in the form of grants to the non-profit agencies , providing 30% of their budget which will be paid for by the taxes that are collected for this program. And to support the program in any way necessary excluding extra funding beyond 30%..

Plank 3: Logistics. This plan will be executed by raising or introducing taxes in three different areas that contribute to the rising cost of health care. The taxes include a High Risk Factor Tax, a Fatty Food Restaurant Tax, and a Cigarette/Alcohol Tax. We will explain the taxes in more detail later in the plan.

Contention 1 – Inherency

A. The factors which influence health care costs are not understood by the majority of most Americans – including politicians. Controlling health care costs is not a matter of simply charging the patient less money and has ramifications in industries other than health care.
B. Existing federal programs do not catch the “middle class,” and “lower middle class” who make too much money for Medicaid or are too young for Medicare, excluding the V.A. (veteran’s program)
C. Employees are not taking advantage of employer-based health insurance because even though the employer pays a portion of the premium, the employee may not have the funds to pay the remaining premium.
. Lack of transportation for people in poverty limits their access to medical care.
E. Medicaid funding has been severely cut back and there isn’t enough money for outreach programs for people living in poverty.
Contention 2 – Harms

A. Insurance companies now are able to deny coverage due to pre-existing conditions, will drop policy holders due to sickness, and increase premiums.
B. 2 Trillion a year is spent now on health care costs.
C. Taxpayers are paying the cost of the uninsured.
Solvencies

A. Insurance companies would be regulated so that they would not be allowed to discriminate against those who are sick and deny coverage. They would not be allowed to increase premiums or drop policy holders.
B. Plan would allow a protection for physicians so that they were able to practice medicine without fear of legal repercussions.
C. Medicaid would be infused into the new plan, eliminating the fraud and reducing the debt.

D. Establish a non-profit, non-partisan organization to administer the program
i actually do have something about the middle class. thanks though

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Help me with my health care policy aff! Please?

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AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE AFF

Poverty shouldn’t exist in the United States, one of the richest countries in the world. But it does. According to the US Census Bureau there are 45.7 million people that do not have insurance, 8.7 million of those being children. With us being one of the richest countries in the world we should be able to provide affordable access to health care for every individual in the United States, but we don’t. My partner and I stand resolved that the United States government should substantially increase social services for persons living under the poverty line in the United States. We offer the following plan.

Plank 1: Administration. The plan will be passed by U.S. Congress and implemented by a non-profit agency, so as not to give the government too much control.

Plank 2: Mandates. The federal government should only play a limited part in the health care reform, by providing subsidies in the form of grants to the non-profit agencies , providing 30% of their budget which will be paid for by the taxes that are collected for this program. And to support the program in any way necessary excluding extra funding beyond 30%..

Plank 3: Logistics. This plan will be executed by raising or introducing taxes in three different areas that contribute to the rising cost of health care. The taxes include a High Risk Factor Tax, a Fatty Food Restaurant Tax, and a Cigarette/Alcohol Tax. We will explain the taxes in more detail later in the plan.

Contention 1 – Inherency

A. The factors which influence health care costs are not understood by the majority of most Americans – including politicians. Controlling health care costs is not a matter of simply charging the patient less money and has ramifications in industries other than health care.

Wyn Staheli, President of InstaCode Institute, LLC said, * “Uninsured Americans are often uninsured because their employers don’t have enough funds to pay for comprehensive health insurance because the economy is down and health insurance premiums are soaring at phenomenal rates. These rate increases are being driven by malpractice, litigation (lawsuits) , and the resulting malpractice premiums that doctors are being required to pay after a successful, (or unsuccessful, however you choose to look at it lawsuit), which drives up the cost of overhead for the provider which is then passed along as increased rates to the patient or the insurance company. Also the cost of these procedures and all of these advances in medicine is more expensive as new technology comes to market the cost of research and development is passed on as increased costs for the procedure, for the procedure or the medication.”

*use this if neg asks about InstaCode Institute and what they do –
(InstaCode Institute provides billing and reimbursement support and solutions for health care providers.)

B. Existing federal programs do not catch the “middle class,” and “lower middle class” who make too much money for Medicaid or are too young for Medicare, excluding the V.A. (veteran’s program)

A New York Times article stated that, “More than one-third of the uninsured — 17 million of the nearly 47 million — have family incomes of $40,000 or more, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, a nonpartisan organization. More than two-thirds of the uninsured are in households with at least one full-time worker.”

C. Employees are not taking advantage of employer-based health insurance because even though the employer pays a portion of the premium, the employee may not have the funds to pay the remaining premium.

Consumers Union, a non-partisan, non-profit organization said this regarding employer insurance costs, “The single biggest challenge facing Utah’s small business owners today is the cost of providing health insurance for their employees. Employers want to provide health benefits, but the cost is just too high. 88% of Utah small businesses not offering health insurance say they don’t because they can’t afford to, while 79% of those who do offer it say they are really struggling to do so.”

Kaiser Health News, a nonprofit news organization committed to in-depth coverage of health care policy and politics said this about passing along premium increases to employees, “Employers struggling with the steady rise of health insurance costs – which in 2009 increased 5 percent to an average of $13,375 for family coverage — are passing on more of the expense to their workers through higher deductibles and co-payments, according to survey released today.”

D. Lack of transportation for people in poverty limits their access to medical care.

E. Medicaid funding has been severely cut back and there isn’t enough money for outreach programs for people living in poverty.
U.S. officials are having a difficult time
E. Medicaid funding has been severely cut back and there isn’t enough money for outreach programs for people living in poverty.
U.S. officials are having a difficult time determining why fraud is so high with these two programs; however, they suspect it may have something to do with the guidelines for filing a claim. For each file claimed, payment has to be made in 14 to 30 days. With Medicare only receiving upwards of 4.4 million claims each day, only 3 percent are reviewed. As a result, more than $10 billion was improperly paid in claims in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008.

States will have three options for making up the loss of federal Medicaid funds: 1) cutting back on their Medicaid programs by reducing eligibility (and thereby causing more low-income people to become uninsured), cutting back on health benefits, and/or reducing payments to providers (which already are lower than the payments that providers receive for treating most other patients); 2) cutting back on other
2) cutting back on other state programs and using those funds to replace the lost federal Medicaid dollars; or 3) raising taxes. In states that choose the first option, low-income families, individuals with disabilities, and seniors could be dropped from Medicaid entirely or could face increased out-of-pocket costs or restricted access to providers.

Contention 2 – Harms

A. Insurance companies now are able to deny coverage due to pre-existing conditions, will drop policy holders due to sickness, and increase premiums.

A New York Times article had this story concerning issues with pre-existing conditions, “Readling, a 50-year-old real estate agent, is one of nearly 47 million Americans with no health insurance. Increasingly, the problem affects members of the middle class, people like Readling, who said she made about $60,000 last year. As an independent contractor, like many real estate agents, Readling does not receive health benefits from an employer. She tried to buy a polic

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Cobra coverage

Record 1
Complying With COBRA After the 1999 Regulations ;: Professional Explanation, Text of 1999 Final and Proposed Regulations, Administrative Forms and Notices
Author: Arenson, Francine.; Dwyer, Ann.; Panszczyk, Linda.
Journal: Compensation and Benefits Professional Series
Publication Date: 1999
Source: Chicago CCH Incorporated,.
Abstract: Complying with COBRA After the 1999 Regulations • Professional Explanation • Text of 1999 Final and Proposed Regulations • Administrative Forms and Notices Francine Arenson, J.D. Ann Dwyer, J.D. Linda Panszczyk, J.D. CCH INCORPORATED Chicago on the earlier proposed regulations and reflecting the prior statutory amendments and case law, these regulations not only clarify and change many of COBRA’s administrative rules, but the guidance they provide is definitive. • CCH POINTER: Note that the final regulations still do not touch on the issues involved in notification of COBRA rights. Until guidance is provided, past court decisions may prove helpful to employers and plan administrators when handling uncertain situations

Record 2
Labor Department Issues Final Rule On COBRA Continuation Coverage Notices
Journal: BNA’s Health Care Policy Report
Publication Date: 5/31/2004
Pages: 733(2)
Subject: INSURANCE, Health — Continuation coverage; UNITED States. Dept. of Labor; UNITED States
ISSN: 10681213
Volume: 12
Issue: 22
Abstract: Publication Type : Periodical Language : English AN : 13475229 Abstract iscusses the final rule on Consolidation Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) continuation coverage notices issued by the U.S. Labor Department. Minimum standards for timing and content of notices; General notices changes; Qualified beneficiaries’ notice changes; Plan administrator’s notice obligation changes.

Record 3
MAXIMUS Awarded Contract on COBRA Premium Assistance Benefits.
Journal: Policy & Practice of Public Human Services
Publication Date: Oct2009
Pages: 31(0)
Subject: HEALTH insurance premiums; CENTERS for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.); UNITED States. American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009; PUBLIC contracts; RESTON (Va.); VIRGINIA; UNITED States; CENTERS for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.); MAXIMUS Inc.
ISSN: 1520801X
Volume: 67
Issue: 5
Abstract: Publication Type : Periodical Language : English AN : 44702924 Abstract :The article reports on the contract for Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) premium assistance benefits awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to the Federal Services subsidiary of Maximus Inc. in Reston, Virginia. A one-year contract will allow Maximus to assist with information services to COBRA. The premium assistance offered under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will help displaced workers in retaining their heath care coverage.

Record 4
New COBRA law may violate ERISA
Journal: Business & Health
Publication Date: Mar1995
Pages: 54(1/8)
Subject: INSURANCE, Health; LABOR laws & legislation; RETIREMENT income — Law & legislation; CALIFORNIA; UNITED States
ISSN: 07399413
Volume: 13
Issue: 3
Abstract: Publication Type : Periodical Language : English AN : 9503240568 Abstract :Reports on a California law that requires employers to provide additional coverage to retired persons 60 years old or over under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) of 1986. Possible violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1994; ERISA’s preemption of the law.

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