Jalopnik: health care

AMA Healthcare Reform

Wes Siler — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:20:00 EDT

AMA opposition to health care reform could jeopardize the future of American motorcycling. [HellForLeather]

GM Cracking Down On Employee Health Care Abuses

Andrew Stoy — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EDT

The Wall Street Journal today reports that General Motors is beginning a comprehensive health care plan audit in an effort to trim waste and fraud among hourly employees. The company spends nearly $5 billion per year on health care, a number that experts say could be cut by as much as 5% simply by removing ineligible dependents from employee plans. Like whom? Divorced spouses, girlfriends and grown children, for example. Employees have until August 20 to voluntarily remove ineligible dependents, so heads-up guys: Just 'cause they live in your trailer doesn't mean they can get their Lamasil on the General's tab. [WSJ, Sub. Req.; Photo Credit: Cleveland Free Clinic]

Breaking! Mr. Wagoner Goes To Washington

Ray Wert — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:21:32 EDT

Talk about going from one firing squad to the other. The day before GM CEO Rick Wagoner's set to meet with Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn on Kirk Kerkorian's desired topic of "Why Carlos Should Be The New Rick," he's got to make the trek out to Washington DC to testify in front of the Senate's Select Committee on Aging. The topic: Medicaid and how GM's reigning in health care costs for retirees. Well, hell — GM's been operating job banks for so long — maybe they really can teach the feds a thing or two about how to run a welfare state. Oh, and in case anyone is wondering — he won't be meeting with Bush this time either.

Wagoner set to testify in D.C. [Freep]

GM Going Limp On Boner Pills?

Ray Wert — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:07:14 EDT

It turns out the General is dropping $17 million a year on prescriptions for Viagra, Cialis and other get-er-done pills. While the little blue pills are only a tiny drop in GM's $10 billion plus health care bucket, it still may make one wonder certain things. Maybe about the rising costs of health care insurance? Nah. It makes us wonder whether we want line-workers making our car with a hard-on. And that's one to grow on. [UPDATE: Our man-not-myth Farago has some further insight...as well as stories of hard-ons being sold on the street.]

That little blue pill costs GM $17 million a year [Detroit News]

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Whee! It's The Health Care See-Saw! [internal]