Tag Archives: Affordable Care Act
The Real Problem With Healthcare
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 14th January 2014I have nothing to add to the discussion about the merits of the ACA otherwise known as Obamacare. Everyone who wants information about it has had more than enough offered to him. It’s not the real problem with our medical system. The kernel of our dilemma is us. We are the problem and congress can’t…
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Section 9007 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 5th June 2013Community Health Needs Assessment In order to continue as a 501(c)(3) organization, each hospital must conduct a community health needs assessment every three years and adopt an implementation strategy to meet the community health needs identified through the assessment. The assessment must take into account input from persons who represent the broad interests of the…
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How Much Does the New Healthcare Tax Cost?
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 2nd July 2012Now that we’ve been informed that the Affordable Care Act’s penalty for not purchasing health insurance is a tax rather than a real penalty, I thought it informative to see how much this tax might be and what the consequences of opting to pay it rather than purchasing medical insurance are. I’ll go through the weeds below; but briefly the take away message…
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Institute of Medicine Report on Essential Health Benefits
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 26th October 2011The Oct 20, 2011 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine contains a summary of the report of the IOM mentioned with the above title. The sixth and final of their recommendations is very interesting: To ensure that the EHB-defined packages remain affordable and sustainable, the secretary should develop a strategy, in collaboration with others, for aligning…
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