I want to point out an article by Elisabeth Rosenthal in the New York Times "The $2.7 trillion Medical Bill" (http://nyti.ms/13bPXcm) which many people have been asking me questions about. While almost everything said is true, it is neither the whole truth nor the overarching truth. ...
Read MoreIt appears more and more each day that the ultimate goal of the ACA is the institution of a single payer national healthcare delivery system similar to those of all socialized countries. While the purported driver of healthcare reform was the uninsured population and the effort to provide some...
Read MoreDelaware has the eighth highest Medicaid expense per capita of the continental states according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. It is expected the state will spend $680 million in the 2012 fiscal year, 40% higher than the $487 million spent in 2010 (the federal government also spent ove...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement can routinely obtain your DNA as if it were fingerprints. Are you aware that fingerprints are required of all doctors in Delaware and all board members of any organization that has a liquor license and a host of other vocations? Are you aware that your DN...
Read MoreBelow is our response to the Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell decision: The recent Supreme Court ruling continues IRS subsidies for 19,128 Delawareans, the beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act. Roughly 325 people with pre-existing conditions now have health insurance in Delaware...
Read MoreThe state is moving forward on a Delaware Health Care Innovation Plan that to implement will involve a one time outlay of $160 million and $190 million annually for 10 years. The major components of the plan will include a health information exchange, a "holistic" approach to work force de...
Read MoreThere is a general consensus that health care needs to be accessible, high quality and less costly. Improving the general health of all Delawareans is also an important goal. The way to reduce costs while maintaining or improving quality is to raise productivity. Economic theory shows tha...
Read MoreIf you live in Delaware and pay for health insurance, you will be paying hundreds or thousands of dollars more once 2016 arrives. Health premiums are set to rise by leaps and bounds next year, meaning less money in your pocket. Because CRI is committed to informing citizens about the impacts of th...
Read MoreThe cost of healthcare in Delaware is again rising rapidly. It is looming as a major budgetary issue for the State of Delaware current employees and pensioners. Delaware's Medicaid budget is increasingly strained. There is a steady flow of articles in the News Journal about the rising cost...
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