Holding down costs or improving quality? Interest Groups Vow to Cut Costs
Well, it is a great first step. One fueled by self-interest, concerns about "thrival" (thriving survival), true desire to evolve…
There is no substitute for a good doctor or nurse
After much study, it should not be surprising that the best way to manage ill seniors, is by communication -…
Pre-Existing Conditions: End the Game, Health Coverage for All Now
First, the employee based system is outmoded and dates from a post-WWII reality that no longer exists. Persons change jobs…
AMA Supports President's 8 Principles for Health Reform
The AMA has in recent years been very supported of health system reform. This latest letter of support for the…
Timely filing of health claims = health insurers rip off of providers and patients
Why is it that a service provided can be denied payment simply because the bill is late? This seems to…
COMMENTARY: Mr. President, Medicare IS NOT Medicaid !
his site has become somewhat frustrated in the continued phrasology of the President and others in the Administration and in…
Real Health Reform begins here !
Thanks Medscape for recognizing that Real Health Reform has a REAL solution (see article below by Nancy Terry) that can…
Employers boost employee share of health insurance premiums
The move to make individuals more responsible for how they spend their health care dollars is a good thing
$634 billion and counting
looking at OVERALL health care costs as an isolated statistic is not helpful and in most cases, is detrimental to…
Another one bites the dust
Again, we see, now the sixth in a line of health insurers admitting by this action that they knowingly used…