BY DR. JEFFREY OPPENHEIM, MAYOR OF MONTEBELLO In 2010, former speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, said of the then pending Obamacare bill, “we have to pass the [health care] bill so that you can find out what is in it.” These words may live in infamy as the country begins now to […]
BY SALLY C. PIPES State legislators across the country are wrestling with whether to expand Medicaid, with the bulk of the funding to come from the federal government, thanks to Obamacare. Thus far, a substantial number of states have rebuffed the feds’ offer — or are leaning that way. They’re right to do so. The […]
BY JANET TRAUTWEIN Insurance plans won’t go on sale in the new insurance exchanges established by the federal healthcare reform law for several more months. But some major health insurers are already forecasting substantially higher premiums. Some individuals could see their premiums more than double, according to a private briefing conducted earlier this year by […]
On June 13, the Rockland Republican Women’s Leadership Council will be hosting their first year-end dinner. At the dinner they will be honoring three Women of Distinction: Dr. Betsy McCaughey, Former Lt. Governor of NY and author of “Beating Obamacare: Your Handbook for Surviving the New Health Care Law,” Deneen Borelli, Project 21, author of […]
BY DAN PERRIN Despite getting clobbered in the fiscal cliff negotiations, Republicans have something to celebrate this year — the survival of health savings accounts, or HSAs. They had feared that President Obama would obliterate this critical cost-saving tool. Sure, the president had promised that ObamaCare would not bar HSA-qualified plans from health insurance exchanges. […]
BY KATHY KAHN Hearts and flowers were put aside for a bit on February 14 as Suburban Hospital Alliance president and CEO Kevin Dahill got down to the nuts and bolts of the Affordable Care Act’s implications for Rockland. Before a packed luncheon of Rockland Business Association members at Suffern’s Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dahill outlined […]