Blogs That Can Help You Keep Up With Healthcare Changes
Just because the healthcare bill was passed; don’t assume that there’s nothing to keep up with. As the bill’s provisions take effect, we’ll see the impact come to light. And, there are certain to be changes and adjustments as we go along. Here are five great blogs to help you keep up with our new healthcare system as it rolls out.
Slate – Admittedly, this blog covers lots of topics. But, they’ve done a great job of providing factual information about healthcare changes, without any political tone. They provide links to actual documents so that you can read the facts for yourself.
The Alan Katz Healthcare Reform Blog – Alan Katz is a past president of both the National and California Associations of Health Underwriters. He is an expert in health insurance, and his healthcare reform blog has been heralded as one of the best healthcare reform blogs and one of the best insurance blogs.
The Healthcare Blog – This blog isn’t about healthcare reform specifically, but it’s a great blog about our nation’s healthcare system, so it will definitely tackle the reform changes as they come about. It has vigilantly followed the debate as it has raged over the last year.
The Incidental Economist – This is an all around great economics blog. But, their coverage of healthcare from an economic standpoint is some of the best you’ll find.
The Well Blog – This is the NY Times Health Blog. They cover all sorts of health topics, but have done a particularly good job over the last year of making sense of the healthcare reform discussion. I expect we can count on them to continue helping us sort out the truth from the fiction as time goes on.
It’s certain that you’ll see some of the more recent blogs on healthcare reform to drop off or shift their focus now that the legislation has been passed. But the truth is that this debate is far from over, and we can likely count on the blogs above to continue to keep us abreast of the law as it becomes effective and begins to impact our coverage, our healthcare and our economy.
The only way that this legislation is going to have true benefit for the long run is if it is watched, managed and adjusted over time. The debate needs to continue if we are to make this system one that works for the most Americans and one that doesn’t end up letting costs go out of control. Like all programs, it requires oversight and management. And, the American people, many of whom were opposed to the legislation, must do their part in the oversight. Our votes during the next few elections should be based, in part, on putting people in office that will make the right decisions about how healthcare goes forward. Blogs like the ones above can help keep us informed so that we can choose our legislators wisely in this arena.
Phyllis Turner Zerkle writes about getting a master of hospital administration.