Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Review of canadian stock brokers::What Is Stock Turnover







Review of canadian stock brokers::What Is Stock Turnover








Ask               a               Veteran               to               compare               the               Veterans               Administration               (VA)               Health               care               system               to               private               insurance               and               the               respondent               will               likely               looked               confused               and               its               that               paradox               that               right-wing               pundits               are               banking               on               to               ensure               future               profits               for               the               insurance               industry.

Rationality               should               dictate               that               an               in-place               health               care               system,               by               design,               is               superior               to               delivering               health               care               through               a               mishmash               of               profit               oriented               insurance               brokers               and               the               facts               support               that               position.
               According               to               the               United               States               Census               Bureau,               approximately               85%               of               Americans               have               health               insurance.

The               remaining               15               %               (about               46               million               people)               are               without               such               coverage               for               at               least               part               of               a               year.

Of               the               100               %               that               carry               insurance,               nearly               69%               is               purchased               through               the               private               sector.

Of               the               69               %,               some               60%               is               purchased               from               the               private               sector               by               employers,               while               about               9%               purchase               it               directly               from               the               private               sector.
               According               to               James               Limbach,               of               ConsumerAffairs.com,the               private               sector               cost               of               insuring               a               family               of               four               with               an               employer-sponsored               health               plan               in               the               United               States               averaged               $12,298               in               2008.

In               most               cases,               employers               and               employees               shared               the               cost.

Another               study               found               that               they               are               being               crushed               by               health               care               costs.
               In               addition,               Federal               data               shows               that               the               annual               premium               for               covering               an               employee               and               one               family               member,               known               as               an               "employee-plus-one"               plan,               averaged               $8,535,               while               the               annual               premium               for               a               plan               that               only               covered               the               employee               averaged               $4,386.
               Further,               small               business               owners               are               being               crushed               by               rising               health               care               costs,               and               feel               left               out               of               the               current               health               care               debate               in               Washington,               according               to               a               new               report               released               by               U.S.

Public               Interest               Research               Group.
               In               addition,               recent               analysis               by               MIT               Professor               Jonathan               Gruber,               commissioned               by               the               Small               Business               Majority,               found               that               health               reform               would               save               up               to               128,000               small               businesses               that               would               otherwise               be               lost               due               to               high               health               care               costs.

If,               however,               the               rising               costs               added               commensurate               value               to               the               participants,               then               it               might               be               justified,               but               that's               not               the               case.
               According               to               the               United               Health               Foundation,               the               United               States,               when               compared               to               health               in               other               countries,               is               far               from               the               best               in               many               of               the               common               measures               used               to               gauge               our               healthiness               and               lags               behind               its               peers               in               other               developed               countries.

The               Foundation               reports               that:
               -               Japan               is               the               perennial               leader               in               Healthy               Life               Expectancy               (HALE)               with               a               HALE               of               75               years               on               average               for               both               genders.

At               69               years,               the               United               States               has               the               same               HALE               as               Portugal               and               Slovenia.

There               are               27               other               countries               that               exceed               the               United               States               in               healthy               life               expectancy,               including               Australia,               Greece,               United               Kingdom,               Italy,               Germany               and               France.
               -               In               2006,               the               infant               mortality               rate               was               seven               deaths               per               1,000               live               births;               the               infant               mortality               rates               for               Japan,               Sweden,               Finland,               Singapore,               Slovenia,               Italy,               Norway,               Denmark,               Portugal               and               the               Czech               Republic               were               three               deaths               per               1,000               live               births.

Other               countries               that               had               lower               rates               than               the               United               States               in               this               area               include               Canada,               Australia,               the               United               Kingdom,               France               and               Germany.

Of               the               over               150               countries               rated,               fully               38               countries               had               lower               infant               mortality               rates               than               the               United               States.
               -               The               U.S.

is               rated               average               to               slightly               below               average               when               judged               by               cancer               and               cardiovascular               death               rates               and               is               rated               comparably               in               the               prevalence               of               smoking.
               -               Citizens               in               the               U.S.

are               clearly               more               obese               than               those               of               other               countries,               often               at               more               than               twice               the               rate               of               other               countries.
               -               The               age-adjusted               amenable               mortality               rate               before               age               75               for               the               United               States               was               109.7               deaths               per               100,000               population               in               2002,               which               meant               it               ranked               last               among               the               nineteen               countries               of               the               Organization               for               Economic               Cooperation               and               Development               (OECD)               nations.

The               rate               in               the               U.S.

is               50               percent               higher               than               the               rate               in               France,               Japan,               Spain,               Italy,               Canada               and               Australia.
               -               In               1997,               the               U.S.

ranked               15th               in               this               mortality               rate.

Since               then,               Finland,               Portugal,               United               Kingdom               and               Ireland               have               reduced               their               mortality               rate               from               disease               amenable               to               care               more               rapidly               than               the               United               States.

All               now               have               better               rates               than               the               U.S.)
               -               The               U.S.

ranked               second               to               last               when               compared               to               21               comparably               "rich"               countries               based               on               40               different               measures               in               a               UNICEF               study               which               looked               specifically               at               child               health,               The               United               States               fared               poorly               due               to               a               high               infant               mortality               rate,               a               high               percentage               of               low               birth               weight               infants               and               only               an               average               rate               of               immunization               coverage.
               -               The               Commonwealth               Fund               rates               the               U.S.

last               in               health               care               system               performance               when               compared               to               a               group               of               six               countries               that               include               Australia,               Canada,               Germany,               New               Zealand               and               the               United               Kingdom.
               The               Foundation               reminds               us               that               while               the               U.S.

spends               twice               as               much               as               does               Australia,               Canada,               Germany,               New               Zealand               and               the               United               Kingdom,               it               is               last               in               access,               patient               safety,               efficiency               and               equity               In               a               nutshell,               Americans               getting               less               value               out               of               every               dollar               spent.
               Indeed,               a               greater               portion               of               gross               domestic               product               (GDP)               is               spent               on               U.S               health               care               than               in               any               other               United               Nations               member               state               except               for               the               Marshall               Islands.

A               study               of               international               health               care               spending               levels               in               the               year               2000,               published               in               the               health               policy               journal               Health               Affairs,               found               that               while               the               U.S.

spends               more               on               health               care               than               other               countries               in               the               Organisation               for               Economic               Co-operation               and               Development               (OECD),               the               use               of               health               care               services               in               the               U.S.

is               below               the               OECD               median               by               most               measures.

Anderson,               et               al,               the               authors               of               the               OECD               study,               concluded               that               the               prices               paid               for               health               care               services               are               much               higher               in               the               U.S.
               While               several               factors               contribute               to               these               failures,               the               primary               fault               lies               with               a               Congress               that,               for               over               sixty               years,               has               failed               to               design               an               adequate               health               care               system               for               the               general               public.

The               general               approach               is               to               leave               the               delivery               of               health               care               to               health               insurance               companies.

These               companies               treat               health               care               as               a               business               and,               understandably,               are               concerned               about               profits               and               investor               returns               over               the               health               of               its               participants.
               Americans               are               in               this               position               since               far               too               many               have               continually               elected               the               best               politicians               that               money               can               buy.

The               money,               in               this               case,               comes               from               drug-makers,               hospitals               and               insurers               who               pour               millions               of               dollars               into               lobbying               in               order               to               limit               the               damage               to               their               bottom               line.
               Lobbying               disclosure               reports               show               familiar               players               at               the               top               of               the               health-care               influence               heap,               spreading               their               money               around               to               democrats               and               republicans               alike.

For               example,the               Pharmaceutical               Research               and               Manufacturers               of               America               (PhRMA)               recently               added               $6.9               million               to               over               $148               million               in               total               lobbying               expenditures.

The               American               Medical               Association               has               added               another               $4.4               million               to               its               current               total               of               $204               million.
               Many               health               companies               and               associations               have               also               increased               their               lobbying               expenditures.

The               Blue               Cross               and               Blue               Shield               Association               upped               its               lobbying               expenditures               by               $               5.5               million               which               raised               its               total               expenditures               to               over               $116               million.

GlaxoSmithKline's               spending               jumped               from               $1.8               million               to               $2.3               million;Novartis               grew               from               $1.4               million               to               $1.8               million;               and               Metlife               Group               reported               $1.7               million,               up               nearly               50               percent.

Allstate,               which               spent               less               than               $900,000               on               lobbying               through               March,               boosted               its               spending               to               more               than               $1.5               million               from               April               to               June.
               Others               simply               kept               up               the               pace,               including               Johnson               &               Johnson               at               $1.6               million               and               America's               Health               Insurance               Plan               and               Bayer               Corp,               both               approaching               $2               million               in               spending               from               April               to               June.

The               AMA               has               spent               a               total               of               $8.2               million               on               lobbying               through               June               of               this               year.
               Since               1998,               the               Pharmaceuticals/Health               Producers,               Insurance               organizations,               Hospitals/Nursing               Homes,               and               Health               Professionals               have               given               over               $2               billion               ($2,285,182,503)               to               Washington               politicians               to               protect               their               vested               interests.

This               averages               out               to               about               $               207               million               per               year               during               the               past               11               years.
               The               aim               of               the               current               lobby               effort               is               to               minimize               the               damage               to               insurers,               hospitals               and               other               major               sectors               while               maximizing               the               potential               of               up               to               46               million               uninsured               Americans               as               new               customers               and               move               Americans               even               further               away               from               cost               effective               health               care               .
               Clearly               gambling               on               peoples               health               and               welfare,               through               profiteering,               is               irresponsible               and               working               families               will               experience               double-digit               increases               in               the               costs               of               health               insurance,               more               out-of-pocket               costs               for               doctor               visits               and               skyrocketing               prices               for               prescriptions.

These               congressionally               approved               practices               are               forcing               many               to               delay               getting               needed               medical               care               or               worse,               they               decline               coverage               for               themselves               or               their               families               because               of               cost.

But               some               favored               groups               avoid               the               profiteering               pitfalls               by               depending               upon               government               run               and               operated               health               care               programs.
               On               the               other               hand,               the               government               provides               cheaper               insurance               through               a               variety               of               government               programs.

Specifically,               various               federal               agencies               provide               additional               coverage               to               about               28%               of               Americans               including               Veterans,               Native               Americans,               those               on               Medicare               and               Medicate               in               addition               to               children               under               the               State               Children's               Health               Insurance               Program               (SCHIP).

About               3               %               (100%-69%=               31%-28%=               3%)               also               purchase               private               insurance               while               enrolled               in               government               run               programs.
               Over               23               million               Veterans               will               receive               government               health               care               through               an               integrated               health               care               system               consisting               of               153               medical               centers,               in               addition               to               numerous               community               based               outpatient               clinics,               community               living               centers,               Vet               Centers               and               Dorms.

Indeed,               the               VA               continually               receives               the               highest               marks               for               health               care.

As               an               institution,               they               have               a               life-time               relationship               with               Veterans               and               they               use               an               information               technology               network               (VISTA)               to               coordinate               care               of               illnesses               such               as               diabetics.

They               give               everyone               a               health               coordinator               and               track               clusters               of               illnesses               in               order               to               provide               better               solutions.

The               VA               has               the               highest               health               satisfaction               of               any               carrier               in               the               Untied               States.

In               addition,               their               costs               are               about               2/3rds               of               Medicare.

If               we               had               a               public               option,               the               VA               would               provide               an               outstanding               delivery               model               given               their               investments               in               information               technology               and               their               history               of               cost               controls.
               In               addition,               another               2.7               million               American               Indians               and               Alaskan               Natives               will               receive               health               services               through               the               Indian               Health               services               which               provides               outstanding               care               for               some               of               the               nations               most               difficult               cases               involving               alcoholism,               diabetics               and               chronic               eye               problems.
               Further,               49.9               million               people,               age               65               or               older,               or               with               certain               disabilities,               and               people               of               all               ages               with               End-Stage               Renal               Disease               (permanent               kidney               failure               requiring               dialysis               or               a               kidney               transplant)               will               be               covered               by               Medicare.

In               addition,               in               2002,               Medicaid               covered               over               50               million               persons               (18               percent               of               the               U.S.

Population).

Indeed,               Medicaid               is               the               largest               insurer               for               nursing               home               care               in               the               nation,               covering               almost               45               percent               of               nursing               home               costs.

Further,               about               8               million               children               are               in               line               to               participate               in               the               State               Children's               Health               Insurance               Program               (SCHIP)               which               provides               matching               funds               to               states               for               health               insurance               to               families               with               uninsured               children               in               families               with               incomes               that               are               modest               but               too               high               to               qualify               for               Medicaid.
               On               the               surface,               Medicare               and               Medicaid               seem               expensive.

The               Congressional               Budget               Office               (CBO)               projects               that               if               current               laws               do               not               change,               federal               spending               on               Medicare               and               Medicaid               combined               will               grow               from               roughly               5               percent               of               GDP               today               to               almost               10               percent               by               2035.
               However,               the               National               Coalition               of               Health               Care               reports,               that               private               sector               healthcare               spending               represents               17               %               of               the               gross               domestic               product               (GDP)               and               is               expected               to               increase               at               similar               levels               for               the               next               decade               reaching               $4.3               TRILLION               in               2017,               or               20               percent               of               GDP.

Therefore               the               private               sector               costs               are               rising               at               3               times               the               costs               of               Medicare               and               Medicaid.
               Of               all               the               programs:               1)               private               sector,               2)               Veterans,               3)               Medicare               and               Medicaid,               and               4)               Indian               Health,               the               Veterans               program               is               the               most               efficient               and               cost               effective,               followed               by               Medicare               and               Medicaid.

The               private               sector               is               the               worst               since               it               places               so               many               roadblocks               between               the               patient               and               provider               in               order               to               maximize               profits               and               cover               investment               costs.
               None               of               the               systems               are               perfect,               or               health               care               would               not               be               a               problem.

They               are               all               riddled               with               some               degree               of               inefficiencies,               excessive               administrative               expenses,               inflated               prices,               poor               management,               and               inappropriate               care,               waste,               fraud               and               abuse.

However,               if               costs               are               a               measure               of               these               inefficiencies,               the               private               sector               is               at               least               3               times               worse               than               government               systems.

The               primary               reason               for               the               increased               inefficiencies,               in               the               private               sector,               come               from               roadblocks               put               up               by               the               companies               in               order               to               maximize               profits,               and               the               enormous               costs               associated               with               marketing               and               other               administrative               burdens               that               are               not               part               of               government               systems.
               To               counter               the               inefficiencies               in               the               government               run               systems,               the               Administration               has               proposed               an               Independent               Commission               of               medical               experts               to               deal               with               a               medical               system               that               is               based               primarily               on               volume               instead               of               value.

The               insurance               industry               object               to               such               oversight               since               much               of               the               private               sector               profits               are               generated               from               the               fee               for               service               model,               which               pays               in               relation               to               the               number               of               services,               necessary,               or               not.
               Clearly,               relying               on               the               private               sector               to               deliver               health               care               services               puts               Americans               at               the               whim               of               profiteers,               and               has               resulted               in               the               same               problems               that               drove               the               economy               into               a               recession.

But               there               is               a               significant               difference.

Whereas,               the               top               tier               of               the               Nations               citizens,               and               some               politicians,               have               profited               from               both               wall               street               chicanery               and               insurance               price               gouging,               in               the               latter               case               the               government               has               provided               a               safe               haven               for               some               of               its               citizens.

Those               safe               havens               are               government               run               programs               for               the               28               %               of               Americans               that               are               veterans,               native               Americans,               or               are               recipients               of               Medicaid               and               Medicare.
               A               single               payer,               government               run               program               will               be               cheaper,               more               efficient               and               more               effective               than               private               sector               options               and               avoids               the               pitfalls               inherent               in               profiteering               health               care               options.

Potentially,               adding               family               members               to               the               Veterans               system,               while               lowering               the               age               of               Medicare               eligibility               over               several               years,               until               every               citizen               is               eligible               for               a               single               payer               system               is               one               possible               solution.

Obviously,               such               a               solution               would               also               require               a               concentrated               effort               to               correct               inefficiencies               and               continue               to               develop               a               true               health               care               system,               potentially               along               the               Veterans               model.

Funds               saved               from               insurance               profiteering               and               lobbying,               in               addition               to               efficiency               savings               would,               of               course,               offset               the               rising               costs.
               The               Veterans               health               care               system               provides               a               reliable               model               of               what               a               government               run               system               might               look               like.

In               recent               years,               according               to               the               Congressional               Budget               Office,               the               number               of               patients               served               by               the               medical               system               of               the               Department               of               Veterans               Affairs               (VA)               has               increased               substantially.

At               the               same               time,               VA's               ratings               for               the               quality               of               care               and               customer               satisfaction               have               apparently               improved,               in               direct               opposition               to               the               public's               feelings               towards               insurance               carriers.
               Further,               many               people,               both               within               and               outside               the               Department               of               Veterans               Affairs,               have               pointed               to               several               factors               as               being               key               to               achieving               those               results:
               -               Organizational               restructuring               designed               to               share               decision-making               authority               between               officials               in               the               central               office,               regional               managers,               and               key               personnel               at               dispersed               medical               facilities;
               -               Performance               measurement               targeted               toward               improving               the               quality               of               care;               and
               -               Extensive               use               of               health               information               technology               (health               IT).
               The               option               for               a               government               run               system,               is               known               as               a               single               payer               system               by               supporters               and               demonized               as               nationalization               or               socialism               by               detractors.

In               extreme               cases,               a               government               run               system               is               characterized               by               Thaddeus               McCotter,               R.

Michigan,               Louis               Gohmert,               R.,Texas,               and               Virginia               Foxx,               R.,               South               Carolina,               as               secret               plots               to               kill               older               citizens               along               the               same               line               as               the               genocides               practices               by               Hitler,               Mao               and               Stalin.
               These               absurd,               paranoid,               statements               follow               a               script               developed               by               Betsy               McCoy,               a               former               New               York               lieutenant               governor,               whose,               error               riddled,               propaganda,               precipitated               the               entire               paranoia               on               the               right               that               the               stimulus               package               was               going               to               dictate               who,               what               and               how               doctors               could               treat               patients.

McCoy's               diatribes               have               been               picked               up               by               Rush               Limbaugh,               Matt               Drudge               and               the               Fox               network,               none               of               whom               mention               that               she               is               a               spokesperson               for               the               Hudson               Institute,               and               the               pharmaceutical               industry,               both               of               whom               hold               extreme               fears               of               even               slight               increases               in               government               oversight.
               McCoy,               sits               on               the               board               of               directors               at               Cantell               Medical               (ph),               a               medical               device               company,               and               formerly               sat               on               the               board               of               Genta,               a               bio-tech               company.

Not               long               ago,               the               Securities               and               Exchange               Commission               reported               that               just               days               before               she               summarized               her               scare               tactics               in               a               piece               for               "Bloomberg,"               McCoy               received               750               shares               of               stock               options               from               Cantell               Medical               worth               about               $11,000.

SEC               records               also               show               that               she               received               more               than               $55,000               from               Cantell               Medical               in               the               fiscal               year               ending               last               July               31st.
               Many               conservatives               demonize               the               Canadian               system               in               an               attempt               to               scare               the               public               away               from               a               nationally               run               health               care               system.

However,               Canada               is               positive,               not               negative               model               (see               Canadian               and               American               health               care               systems               compared).

Canada's               system               is               largely               publicly               funded               at               about               10.0%               of               GDP.

In               addition,               a               2007               review               of               all               studies               comparing               health               outcomes               in               Canada               and               the               US               found               that               "health               outcomes               may               be               superior               in               patients               cared               for               in               Canada               versus               the               United               States,.
               Without               a               doubt,               a               single               payer               option               is               necessary,               if               for               no               other               reason,               than               to               give               citizens               a               choice               to               weigh               against               insurance               plans.

But               equally               important,               a               single               payer               system               would               likely               stabilize               health               care               growth               at               about               10               %               of               GDP,               while               improving               its               value               to               levels               never               before               obtained.
               Sources
               Anderson,               Gerard               F.,               Reinhardt,               Uwe               E.,               Hussey,               Peter               S.

and               Petrosyan,               Varduhi,               "It's               The               Prices,               Stupid:               Why               The               United               States               Is               So               Different               From               Other               Countries",               Health               Affairs,               Volume               22,               Number               3,               May/June               2003.

Accessed               February               27,               2008.
               Congressional               Budget               Office,               "Directors               Blog,"               at:               http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=328
               Congressional               Budget               Office,               "The               Healthcare               System               for               Veterans:               An               Interim               Report,"               at:               http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/88xx/doc8892/12-21-VA_Healthcare.pdf
               Families               U.S.A.org,               "SCHIP               and               Children'sHealth               Coverage:Leveling               the               Playing               Field               forMinority               Children,"               at:               http://www.familiesusa.org/assets/pdfs/schip-leveling-the-playing.pdf
               Limbach,               James,               "Rising               Cost               of               Health               Insurance               at               Center               of               Debate:               Congress               delays               action               til               after               August               recess               at:               http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/07/health_insurance_costs.html
               National               Coalition               on               Health               Care,               "Facts               About               Health               Care,"               at:               http://www.nchc.org/facts/cost.shtml
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