The reasoning put forth by those favoring a public health insurance option is that it would provide competition lacking in the present system. Even though present profit margins for insurance companies is only in the 3% to 6% range, more…

First off, Missouri should be commended for not making cuts to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, (SCHIP) despite a decline in state revenue. While fourteen states across the country have tightened eligibility requirements or decreased covered services, thus far,…

If you have a benevolent personality you have it all, if not what can you say?

Perhaps you thought you voted for a Democratic Senator, Congressman and Governor in your last election.  They said they were and we voted for them.…

The dispute over how, where and from whom the people of this country should get universal health care has divided us into multiple divisions.

There are protests held with banners from every perspective of this issue, none of which contributes to…

Various commentators and politicians allege that a public option would enhance greater competition with private insurers in the health care arena. However I am still waiting for someone to explain exactly how a government administered and funded plan would accomplish…

In addition to competition, the government in crafting an acceptable plan, must include tort reform in the mix. The truth is, that will never happen because the tort bar is one of the biggest contributors to the Obama campaign. We…

I could understand State Sen. Jan Cunningham’s (R-Chesterfield) Letter to the Editor on October 17, 2009 in a clearer context when I looked up the demographics of Chesterfield and read that a 2007 estimate of the median income for a…

With all the recent calls again for so-called “tort reform” from the likes of those with vested interests in limiting accountability and responsibility for wrongdoing, like Todd Akin and politicians that protect big insurance and big business, I actually sat…