The NYTimes featured a story that we all too frequently hear: healthcare bills are pushing people into financial hardship. Bankruptcy attorneys are increasingly seeing that it is unpaid medical bills that cause the personal bankruptcy.
Nov
25
2009
25
2009
Oct
30
2009
30
2009
Uninsured Children Have 60% Increased Chance of Dying
A recent John Hopkins study confirms that children who are uninsured are more likely to die in the hospital. This is not a matter of the child not receiving adequate care or priority treatment at the hospital, but rather an issue of adequate, routine care leading up to the hospital visit.
Uninsured children do not regularly [...]
Oct
21
2009
21
2009
Battle of Insurance Coverage: Workers’ Compensation v. Health Insurance
Another debate regarding which insurer should pay for the medical bills makes headlines. On April 12 nad 14, 2009, Pasadena hospital nurse, Amelia Mendoza, suffered traumatic brain injury when a patient repeatedly violently struck her in the head. A week following the attacks, Amelia (52 years old) collapsed with a stroke. Amelia’s private insurer, BlueCross [...]
Sep
16
2009
16
2009
The Facts On Tort Reform & Health Care Costs
While the U.S. remains divided on the efficacy of health care reform, an article in today’s Business Week outlines valuable research from Harvard and other research institutions on the true cost of health care and its unrelatedness to tort reform. Medical malpractice lawsuits and the practice of defensive medicine account for a nominal percentage [...]
Sep
8
2009
8
2009
Insured & Bankrupt – NYTimes article
According to Harvard Medical School Professor, Dr. David Himmelstein, 62% of the 1.4-1.5 million bankruptcy filings in the U.S. are due to burdensome medical bills. 3/4 of the 62% had medical insurance.
Sep
4
2009
4
2009
Qliance – a new, affordable approach to quality health care
Qliance, a Puget Sound area pay-in clinic, has revolutionized health care and is gaining national attention. It has cut out the middleman – the insurance company. At a monthly payment that is lower than most health insurance plans, patients receive 30-minute appointments and discounted MRIs. Specialty practices are not included in the practice. While [...]
Sep
3
2009
3
2009
Health Care Reform Vigils Across the Nation – “The Dream Shall Never Die”
The insured, uninsured, elderly and young gathered at vigils around the nation last night to support national health care reform in the U.S.
The insurance industry has succeeded in profiting off of denial of health care coverage, rather than approval and care for those in our nation. Even those with health insurance suffer with high [...]
Aug
23
2009
23
2009
Group Health Cooperative: more affordable than national health care?
Obama’s proposed national, public health care plan has received such fierce opposition, that it has now turned to private cooperatives, like Group Health, to maintain competitive rates against private insurers.
Group Health Cooperative, like other cooperatives, offer its members both insurance and health care services. This system is better known as a health maintenance organization [...]
Aug
22
2009
22
2009
Doctors’ Duty to Patients – Emotional Counselor or Simply a TroubleShooter?
NPR has a story exploring the role of US doctors.
In the midst of health care reform debate – it’s asked: what role do doctors have in caring for their patients? What level of burden shall be placed upon patients when reporting their ailments to their doctor? The answers may determine the doctor’s form of compensation…
Aug
22
2009
22
2009
Does the US Government have a moral obligation to provide universal health care?
The long-standing debate on universal health care continues in our Nation, as Obama faces doctor groups and insurance lobbyists that vehemently oppose health care reform.
The US health care system is #37 on the World Health Organization (WHO) list, following Columbia, Chile and Costa Rica. Aside from the nitty-gritty details of any proposed legislation, in the [...]
