Healthcare Costs

Healthcare Costs Hurting Higher Education?

Healthcare Costs Hurting Higher Education?

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

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Fareed Zakaria: Danger Ahead for healthcare law?

Fareed Zakaria: Danger Ahead for healthcare law?

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.

We Got Some E- Ink

We Got Some E- Ink

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?).

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Tennessee Students Protest College Tuition Hikes, Recession Right? Well Not Quite….

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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

Faces of a Crisis

Faces of a Crisis

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.  

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Small Firms Shiver as Health Premiums Rise - WSJ.com

Already struggling in a tough economy, many small employers are about to face another big hit: markedly higher increases in health-insurance premiums as they head into 2009. For many of these companies, the steeper increases couldn't come at a worse time, when the economy is weakening and credit is harder to come by.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122688298424632195.html

Hospitals Seeing Decline in Paying Patients - NYTimes.com

In a sign of the economy’s toll on the health care system, some hospitals are seeing fewer paying patients — and more people at emergency rooms unable to pay their bills.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/business/07hospital.html?ref=health