Lawmakers rework insurance bill as rancor ensues, House vote looms
May 05, 2011 12:00 am
Budget talks: Republicans offer to seek common ground with Democrats
By Lori Montgomery, Wednesday, May , 9:20 PM
Senior Republicans conceded Wednesday that a deal is unlikely on a contentious plan to overhaul Medicare and offered to open budget talks with the White House by focusing on areas where both parties can agree, such as cutting farm subsidies.
Health Care Spending in the United States and Selected OECD CountriesApril 2011
| Health spending is rising faster than incomes in most developed countries, which raises questions about how countries will pay for their future health care needs. The issue is particularly acute in the United States, which not only spends much more per capita on health care, but also has had one of the highest spending growth rates. Both public and private health expenditures are growing at rates which outpace comparable countries. Despite this higher level of spending, the United States does not achieve better outcomes on many important health measures. This paper uses information from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)[1] to compare the level and growth rate of health care spending in the United States to those of other OECD countries. http://www.kff.org/insurance/snapshot/OECD042111.cfm EDITORIALRushed insurance reform is wrong medicineHealth insurance plan tackles affordability crisisPosted May 04, 2011, at 8:26 p.m. Few issues have been more detrimental to Maine’s economy than the relentless increase in the cost ofhealth insurance. Our rates are among the most exorbitant in the nation, pricing many people out of the market and leaving some 133,000 Mainers with no coverage at all. House gives preliminary OK |
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