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Fundamental Healthcare Deceptions
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by Mario Rizzo There are two fundamental deceptions in the Senate healthcare bill. They are so elementary that they are often ignored in favor of more technical problems. They are: 1. The various provisions do not take full effect until 2015 or so. Thus the ten year cost totals as estimated by the ...3 days ago -
Top 10 issues impacting healthcare in 2010
Action For Better Healthcare —
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Wondering what healthcare will look like in 2010?Every year PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute publishes a report outlining the key issues facing the health industry for the coming year. 2010 will be a year of opportunity if done right.The report called, “Squeezing the juice out of healthcare,” ...4 days ago -
National healthcare debacle
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By Don AmmonFormer CEO, Adventist Health System WestDo you ever get the feeling that members of Congress are so determined to pass healthcare reform that they don’t care what it looks like or if it will work, they just want to get it signed and move on? Well, to me, that is definitely the case [...]1 week ago -
The essentials for true healthcare reform
Action For Better Healthcare —
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It’s important not to lose sight of a few crucial details that must be included in any final healthcare reform bill if change is really going to become a reality. This is the focus of a post on Arianna Huffington’s blog today and a few key points are worth mentioning. She writes:Amidst the tea leaf [...]1 week ago -
Doctor’s view on paying for health reform
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Well-known and well-respected surgeon Dr. Atul Gawande is discussing healthcare reform and his opinion is worth reading. Dr. Gawande is a staff member of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. He helps put health reform costs in perspective in his latest article for The New Yorker ...2 weeks ago -
Alabama Sen. Mark Pryor’s 96 – 0 Health Care Amendment
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With all the force going on in congress about the healthcare bill, there is a bright spot in the dark cloud. Alabama Sen. Mark Pryor’s Plan to Make Health Care Better to figure out.Alabama Sen. Mark Pryor’s amendment allows insurance companies to be rated by the public through a web platform where users can log ...2 weeks ago -
MLRs, Profits and Our Healthcare
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Yeah. It always comes down to money... There was a time, in the early 1990s, when health insurance companies devoted more than 95 cents out of every premium dollar to paying doctors and hospitals for taking care of their members. Today, insurers only pay about 81 cents of each premium dollar on actual medical ...2 weeks ago -
Taking Care of Your Health without Overspending
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You’re pretty good at sticking to your budget, but when it comes to medical concerns, you’re stumped. Costly annual check-ups are non-negotiable while prescriptions are under doctor’s strict orders. Fortunately, you don’t have to sacrifice your budget for health-purposes. You need to take care of yourself the ...2 weeks ago -
Osteoarthritis Costs U.S. Over $185 Billion a Year
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MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Medical care for osteoarthritis patients in the United States costs $185.5 billion a year, according to a new study. Of that amount, insurers pay $149.4 billion while patients pay $36.1 billion in out-of-pocket costs. Annual insurer costs are $4,833 per female patient and $4,036 ...3 weeks ago
