Archive for September, 2009
Friday, September 18th, 2009
David Goldhill wrote an article for the The Atlantic titled "How American Healthcare Killed my Father". In the article, he uses his father's death from infection in a NY hospital to discuss healthcare reform and consumerism. David is a self-professed Democrat but he is concerned about reform's effort to disassociate ...
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
CNN published an artile on avoiding medical billing disasters:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/16/health.medical.bills/index.html
The problem is that the entire article missed the one crucial step that is important before going for any type of healthcare service: be an educated consumer. If you know how much the procedure will cost, where to get it for ...
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
The NYTimes had a recent article on advocacy:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/health/12patient.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
Unfortunately, this article is a regression to the type of article written 3-5 years ago. The field of advocacy is changing dramatically from the "find a doctor" / "fight a bill" to a comprehensive professional service that helps people not only navigate the ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
Davis Martin from CNN just wrote a new story on how to bargain hunt for healthcare services: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/10/health.care.price.comparison/index.html
This is just one article in a larger number of writings recently that have started to focus on how to accurately calculate / negotiate the true cost of care (thus saving money by comparison ...
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/08/news/economy/health_care_vaccinations/index.htm
There have been some interesting articles on how vaccination costs have risen to the point where group health insurance compensation is insufficient to support physician administration of vaccinations. In the individual insurance market there are even more complications - most benefit plans limit vaccination and preventive care coverage to $300 ...
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