Monthly Archive: June 2008

Click on the link below to watch the video, and the following is the transcript of the 38 second clip: “I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care program.”...

The Security and Exchange Council (SEC) could not believe the central fact behind a new mutual fund called The Congressional Effect Fund, a public, registered mutal fund. What fact?  This one:  “Since 1965, the...

Craig Barrett, Chairman of Intel Corp. told the U.S. Senate Finance Committee it would be spending $1 billion a year on health care soon, and that “we’ve just been writing checks,” and that those...

The New York Times ran an op-ed by Dr. Sandeep Jauhar, a cardiologist on Long Island, who is the canary in the mineshaft for doctor discontent. Doctors are not happy with the state of...

The globalization of health care treatment is underway, and Kiplinger’s Retirement Report is busily telling newly minted, or soon to be minted seniors how to get better, less expensive care abroad. Kiplinger’s start with...

Individuals: $3,000 Families: $5,950 Allowable Additional Catch Up Deposit for those 55 and older: $1,000 Contributions can be made as late as April 15th for the preceding year. December 1, 2008 is the last...

Hospital prices must be made transparent, because no market can work without clear prices for goods and services. Can you walk into a Wal-Mart without seeing the price of anything for sale? No. Jiffy...

The Philadelphia Inquirer has done a great service by its recent article, “The cost of hospital care is difficult to pin down,” if for no other reason than highlighting the absolute absurdity of the...

There is a common perception about Health Savings Accounts, and it goes something like this: health insurance costs are already so high, how can I pay for my health insurance and put $3,000 in...