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Debt Collector Is Faulted for Tough Tactics in Hospitals
Hospital patients waiting in an emergency room or convalescing after surgery are being confronted by an unexpected visitor: a debt collector at bedside.. . -
Supreme Court Health Care: Why Losing Would Help Obama
While a Supreme Court rejection of Obamacare this summer would be an embarrassment for the president, and an obvious blow to his legacy, a case can be made that a health-care defeat in the high court might actually benefit Obama in his reelection campaign.. . -
10 lesser known effects of health care reform law
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court takes on a political, social, economic and medical hot potato: the health care reform law that was signed into law two years ago. For six hours during each of the next three days, attorneys will argue and justices will consider legal questions about the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and issues surrounding federal versus state powers.. -
Aspirin a day may keep cancer away
Taking aspirin every day may significantly reduce the risk of many cancers and prevent tumors from spreading, according to two new studies published Tuesday. The findings add to a body of evidence suggesting that cheap and widely available aspirin may be a powerful if overlooked weapon in the battle against cancer. But the research also poses difficult questions for doctors and public health officials, as regular doses of aspirin can cause gastrointestinal bleeding and other side effects. Past studies have suggested that the drawbacks of daily use may outweigh the benefits, particularly in healthy patients.More » -
Methotrexate shortage: how to help
Methotrexate supply, a life-saving chemotherapy for children with leukemia, is at a critical shortage. Here’s how you can help. -
Contraception issue more than just politics
This whole debate ought to make us ask why health insurance is provided to most Americans by their employers in the first place, giving employers the power to determine the type and price of health care we can receive. The U.S. is the only advanced industrialized nation that relies heavily on employer financing of health insurance.More » -
Who knew Susan G. Komen was so litigious?
Cynics skeptical of large “awareness-raising” organizations like Susan G. Komen for the Cure now have more to question. Breast cancer is a serious condition – one that co-blogger Tatiana Von Tauber has dedicated much effort to fighting through The Art Cure – that affected 207,090 women last year (prostate cancer affected 217,730 men). Some of these funds are being used to patrol smaller charities and ensure they don’t infringe on any of Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s 200 registered trademarks.More » -
On Innovation & Health Insurance
This comment on the story about Google, Apple and other Silicon Valley companies collaborating on no-poaching agreements has bothered me for the last day:
This has nothing to do with slavery or compensation suppression. This has everything to do with the progress, innovation and continuity of the companies. Losing an exec, a PM, or Sr. Dev from a specific project can be detrimental to that project — implications reaching far beyond the project itself. This is a classic “slippery slope” scenario, where, if employees are allowed to jump ship every couple years (months, even!), then the innovation and progress of those companies begin to stagnate. Period.
There’s no shortage of people willing to trade away the freedoms of other people. The tone of this guy’s comment makes me think he’s probably a staunch Republican, but there are just as many self-proclaimed liberals eager to dump the 2nd Amendment or trim the 1st Amendment in the name of “tolerance”.
What kills me about this particular comment is that I imagine this guy would also argue that companies need lower taxes and less regulation in order to have the freedom & incentives necessary for innovation. But of course individuals couldn’t possibly need any kind of incentives and freedom either, could they? I mean, Joe Apple should just be happy to have a job. He couldn’t possibly do a better job if carrots like more pay, better benefits, etc. were dangled in front of him. Ugh.
I’m interested in what drives progress and innovation. It’s a fascinating topic. I was actually already thinking about it in terms of our national health care system. I think the fact that so many of us are tied to this horrible system of employer-provided insurance is a nationwide drain on creativity and innovation. How many talented and creative individuals are unwilling to strike out on their own because they don’t want to lose their health insurance? Oh, to be sure, there are still entrepreneurs and the ObamaCare provision allowing people to stay on their parents’ insurance until they’re 27 helps, but it doesn’t help enough. With the rising costs of health care, potential entrepreneurs aren’t just risking business failure anymore, they’re risking financial ruin or even serious health problems if they or their family get sick.
One of the main arguments against socialism is that you stifle innovation by reducing the potential rewards for greatness and you create a system where too many people can simply “coast” on the effort of others, but I don’t think anything is quite that simple. I think there are cases like this where a little bit of socialism could actually help innovation flourish in the country and enable people who don’t want to coast the ability to set their own course with more reasonable risk. More » -
The Bomb Buried In Obamacare Explodes Today-Hallelujah!
That would be the provision of the law, called the medical loss ratio, that requires health insurance companies to spend 80% of the consumers’ premium dollars they collect—85% for large group insurers—on actual medical care rather than overhead, marketing expenses and profit. Failure on the part of insurers to meet this requirement will result in the insurers having to send their customers a rebate check representing the amount in which they underspend on actual medical care..
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