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Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The president makes a pitch on health care reform. Press Release Service- Wired PR News President Barack Obama spoke about health care reform on Wednesday at a community college forum. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Obama hugged cancer patient Debby Smith, who has problems maintaining employment and obtaining health insurance due to her illness, and promised immediate help for her, as he...
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PRWeb - Daily News Feed (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Congress members are expected to resume debates the Monday following the Fourth of July break. To keep citizens aware of the dilemmas and decisions to be made in regards to family health insurance rates, FamilyHealthInsurance.net is compiling the latest information. (PRWeb Jul 5, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/family_health_insurance/health_care/prweb2606624.htm
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THE BIG FEED (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
So when he tells you he's interested in debating the issue, he's lying to you. Am I wrong? Look at the left. They no longer have Bush to blame. There are no Republicans in power. So they revert back to the only thing they know how to do. Throw temper tantrums and throw blame. Even if they're only blaming themselves. President Obama, strategizing yesterday with congressional leaders about health-care...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
The healthcare reform bill that emerges from Congress this year will include a government-run public health insurance option, regardless of the bipartisan negotiations seeking a compromise in the Senate, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday. "Make no mistake about it, the president is for this strongly. There will be a public option in the final bill," Schumer said on CBS News's "Face...
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Obama HQ (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
The group Organizing for America is headquartered only two blocks from the Capitol, but when horse-trading over healthcare legislation intensified there this week, Barack Obama's grass-roots advocacy operation turned its attention away from Washington. [Last weekend], the group recruited thousands of its volunteer members to gather in farmers' markets, rehab clinics, parks, and libraries nationwide...
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Phoenix - All in one Blog (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Is it OK to have just the health care program and not have the Health Insurance Plan? I can get Health care program for half the monthly premium as compared to the Health Insurance Plan. Please advise? Is it advisable? Share and Enjoy:
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dBTechno (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Boston (DbTechNo) - With more than 47 million Americans living without health insurance, President Obama has a lot of work to do to fix the country’s ailing health care system. How Obama actually plans to right the ship when it comes to America’s health care model is anybody’s guess, faced with a growing Medicare deficit and [...]
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
In a snapshot survey published by Terrence Higgins Trust today, two thirds of top organisations were found to ask irrelevant health related questions on job application forms. A coalition of charities wants these questions banned to reduce the discrimination faced by people with 'invisible' conditions such as mental illness or HIV.
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Healthcare Economist (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Tomorrow, I begin my first day of work at Acumen, LLC. Founded by Stanford Economist Thomas MaCurdy, Acumen specializes in program evaluation for Medicare and Medicaid. Here are some more details from the Acumen website: Acumen, LLC was established by scholars from Stanford University in 1996 to improve the information provided to policymakers who design and revise welfare, health, [...]
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Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | yesterday
The American Health Care System by digby A friend of mine took this picture in Nebraska last summer: I guess that's one form of employer based health insurance. .
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Healthcare Economist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Some people believe Wal-mart supports universal healthcare because: Wal-Mart wants to change its image, Wal-Mart wants to make its voice heard in the process, or Wal-Mart is flummoxed by unpredictable health care costs. Megan McArdle believes that there is only one reason Wal-mart wants universal health care: profits. If all employers are mandated to provide health insurance, Walmart will have a significant...
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Women's Bioethics Project (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Women's Bioethics Project's July 2009 non-fiction bookclub selection is: Normal at Any Cost: Tall Girls, Short Boys, and the Medical Industry's Quest to Manipulate Height by Susan Cohen and Christine Cosgrove . From the Library Journal: Two science journalists examine the fascinating history of medical science's flawed attempts to manipulate height and the ethics involved. In the first section,...
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Angry Bear (Free subscription) | yesterday
By: Divorced one like Bush This is a heads up. Fox news has a report out that there is a rise in private insurance activity in Canada. The article suggests that it is because of all the wait time that people are tired of do to a shortage of doctors and possibly the low fees. And, that may be true, especially being there was a Quebec Supreme Court ruling on it. If you google the headline, you will find...
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Politics in the Zeros (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Insurers revoke health insurance policies to avoid paying high costs This is deliberate policy too, done to save money. Clearly, such insurance companies can little or nothing about the health of those they insure.
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Healthcare Economist (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Tests play an important role in modern medical care. Is my leg broken? Check the X-ray. Do I have HIV? Look at the blood tests. But when are tests appropriate? In some cases, tests will not alter treatment. For instance, let assume that a person is either healthy or has Disease X. Disease X is untreatable [...]
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obi jo | 07/03/2009
http://realhealthreform.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/cms-cuts-raises-payments-pain-and-gain/ Clearly, this administration aims to tackle all issues at once. A noble, but daunting task. The proposed changes in reimbursement are not surprising nor necessarily unexpected. In fact, CMS has been adjusting payment rates to gradually minimize the differences between physicians for similar services (similar codes
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kamen group | 07/02/2009
National Economy Compromising Survival Of Publishing Companies www.KamenGroup.com - The Kamen Group Publishing Report Baldwin, NY - Print and Digital Media Appraiser and Broker Kevin B. Kamen, President/CEO of Kamen & CO. Group Services in New York ( www.KamenGroup.com ), believes that the continued worsening of the overall US economy at the end of the second quarter of 2009 will have a dire impact...
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obi jo | 07/02/2009
http://realhealthreform.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/medicare-advantage-for-whom/ Here’s the rub. Medicare Advantage pays more to providers than traditional Medicare because they take risk in providing care to enrollees. They also often provide benefits beyond what traditional Medicare would provide. However . . . they do so by having more money directed to them for funding. As noted below, to the tune
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