Sunday, we discussed a consensus--health care in 2012.
We learned about "Health Savings Accounts," (HSA) which enable one to deposit $1,000+ in a bank annually after getting a "Catastrophic Health Care" policy. The money interest builds up tax-free if you don't use it and healthy young people could build up a retirement nest egg if they don't get sick. In case of death, the account can be passed on to relatives tax free. This is termed "Consumer Driven Healthcare," and enables the individual to pay his bills out of his HSA (if bills go over$5,250 the policy kicks in).
President Bush is going to address this in his coming "State of the Nation" speech Jan. 31st. We all should be able to advise our patients about it.
The second item is the Government Basic Care health package that will cover everyone and provide for immunizations, physicals, fractures, communicable diseases and basic levels of treatment for cancer and chronic illnesses. Premium and Privileged Care, one and two steps up will be run by private companies and will cover 100 year olds on feeding tubes and keeping very premature babies on $1 million health support. To keep politics out, it will be run by a semi-quasi government organ like the Post Office and the Federal Reserve.
Other items of interests include the muzzling of trial lawyers and the required decrease in doctors (there is now one doctor for every 300 people--it should be one for every 500--too many docs generate too much expense?).
This and other items will have to be targeted for a week from Sunday as I will be in Jacksonville Sunday morning.
We need a net controller for Jan. 29. I am asking Harry, WB9EDP, if he could kick in with "Strokes." He has been under a lot of stress lately and may not be available--if anyone else would be interested in carrying out net control duties please advise.
The Newsletter went to press today and your certificates of CME attendance will be in your hands in about 10 days enclosed with the NL. There are some questionable stories that will either make you laugh a lot or make you groan even more. Would appreciate your feedback.
The 2006 CME standings will be on listserve next week. The 2005 CME standings are in the newsletter. Keep the blue side up.....Warren KD4gua.
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Great blog I hope we can work to build a better health care system as we are in a major crisis and health insurance is a major aspect to many.
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