Washington’s version of “competing”

How would you like to “compete” against a team where the referee was allowed to make any rule change they wanted…
AND HE WAS ON THE OTHER TEAM?

Welcome to Obamacare 2009!

Obamacare stacking the deck against private health insurance

Once again, it takes Paul Ryan to weed through the rhetoric and speak the truth about what’s happening in Washington.
Paul Ryan talks healthcare on CNBC
How can we pay for this? CBO predicts Obamacare will cost nearly $1.6 trillion over the next 10 years! It seems fiscal responsibility isn’t nearly as important as taking over [...]

Paul Ryan speaks on the radio about spending, debt, and healthcare reform

www.house.gov/ryan/audio/111th/71509jws.htm 
The big lie…. keeping your current private healthcare plan in the new Obamacare system! 
The current Medicare / Medicaid system underpays physicians by 20% and hospitals by 30% which is offset by charging more to private insurance plans. If more people are transferred to a new public plan, then the cost of private care will be increased [...]

Finally… a common sense healthcare solution out of Washington!

As Washington continues to steamroll private businesses under the assumption that the last election results created a mandate for “change” healthcare reform is the ultimate target. Yesterday it was banks and the auto industry, today is credit cards, tomorrow is socialized medicine. For those of us that feel that Washington meddling in the private sector rarely [...]

Free healthcare for ILLEGAL ALIENS?

Here is another reason our health insurance premiums are too high:

Most countries that offer their citizens socialized medicine at least have the common sense to NOT allow illegal aliens to receive free care.
What’s next… allowing them to vote?

Hey, I’m in Newsweek!

I am a big fan of Linda Stern and have spoken with her on occasion over the years, but I had no idea she was publishing this last November…
There’s Still Time To Make it All Back
It seems much more timely now than it was when it was published!
Scott Borden

Good Fortune and Self-discipline Help Fund Health Savings Accounts

The Kansas City Star describes 3 people that are having good experiences with their Health Savings Accounts (HSAs):
Read the Article – “Good Fortune and Self-discipline Help Fund Health Savings Accounts”
There are 2 things that still need to be addressed.  Let’s call them “pet peeves” that make some people nervous about moving to an HSA…
1. PPO or [...]