Healthcare Costs

A report by SHOUTAmerica demonstrates that as the cost to fund both higher education and Medicaid climbs, states prioritize public allocations for Medicaid while looking to students and parents to cover more of the cost of education

Fareed Zakaria of CNN discusses the potential benefits and pitfalls of the new healthcare law. Although he seems to think the extension of healthcare coverage is primarily a good thing, he is concerned about the possibility of having existing high costs multiply even further. Read More.

The following was published in one of the most read and most respected healthcare blogs in the country, The Health Care Blog.  This post outlines some the arguments made by SHOUTAmerica and we encourage you to give us feedback on these important issues (and unfortunately no, myfriendsareusingme.com is not a real website...but maybe it should be?).

We at SHOUTAmerica would like to commend and dedicate our support to the Tennessee students who have stood up and made their voices heard on the issue of state budget cuts to higher education.  College students across Tennessee objected to paying even more out of their pocket, which undermines important efforts to increase access and make higher education more affordable in the state. Read more

There are many faces of the healthcare crisis and in these hard times those faces are becoming ever more numerous and apparent.  Yesterday CNN profiled the struggles of the LeBlanc family stemming from a $45,000 medical bill.