Kaiser Family Foundation

Healthcare: the absolute best authority on healthcare reform is the Kaiser Family Foundation or KFF. They are loaded with the best analysis of the current healthcare proposal including all the major bills. They also have a side by side comparison of the house and senate bills. Another interesting feature is the health insurance subsidy calculator.

Kaiser Family Foundation

The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit foundation focused on US health care system research. It collects, analyzes and publishes statistics and polls on US health system.

Probably the best site on the web for true health care information.

Presidential News Conference on Healthcare

I listened closely to the President's news conference on Healthcare. It was quite a masterfully performance compared to his predecessor. Obama comes off as very "teacher" like when he is explaining his point of view.

I am happy he continues to mention a government option to compete with private healthcare insurance. He continues to bring up the poll tested, feel good answers answers like: "it won't add to the deficit","We will pay for it by getting ride of waste", and "everyone can used the doctor of their choice." And he wants to cover everyone.

There was no mention of mandated coverage for small businesses. We will have to wait and see on that one.

I also like how he, in the great political tradition, completely dodged the question about what the American people would have to give up. The answer is simple: either pay more or give up the gold-plated healthcare we currently have. And who knows, we might be healthier in the long run if healthcare is limited by price or policy. At least we won't be broke.

The preseident and many healthcare economists and cost analyst frequently reference the OECD's health care data set. You can view some of the OECD Healthcare Data Here