To help pay for health reform, President Obama wants to raise the Medicare tax rate on wealthy Americans and tax their investment income as well as their wages.
“What would you do if your mother needed an expensive, painful operation that had only a one in a million chance of saving her?”
Reform would require young adults to purchase insurance. But many of these “young invincibles” don’t believe they need or would benefit from such plans.
Most had cancer and expressed concerns over loss of autonomy and dignity at the end of life.
KaiserHealthNews team explains how reform bills would affect you
The evolution of Blue Cross is a case study in the need for health care reform.
Reform will hold insurance companies accountable, protect consumers, and assure affordable quality care, the President says.
“It would put federal bureaucrats in charge of medical decisions that should be made by patients and doctors.”– Rep. Parker Griffith (R-AL)
Finding the right medicine for you depends on balancing the benefits, side effects, and costs.
Ellen Warner and her husband Mark run a small online store and offer insurance to employees, but the cost is high and they fear a tax on high-cost plans could make it unaffordable.
“I don’t know how this plays politically, but I know it’s right. And so I ask Congress to finish its work, and I look forward to signing this reform into law.”
Consumers are increasingly aware of the link between diet and heart disease.
Event includes live auction of handbags donated by celebrities such as Tina Fey and Rachael Ray and wines from 32 Northwest wineries.
Selecky helped create the Washington State Department of Health, which she now leads.
“Republican and Democratic approaches to health care have more in common than most people think . . . But there were also important areas of disagreement.”
Congress should pass health reform through reconciliation, Daschle says, “…once this legislation is passed and people can see what it could mean for them … it would be a net positive by November.”
New law means higher deductibles, steeper co-pays and other restrictions are no longer allowed for mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Study finds health of state’s residents vary widely from county to county
There is strong support to ban rescission, the insurance company practice of canceling policies when people run up heavy bills
“We need to move past the bickering and the game-playing that holds us back and blocks progress for the American people.”
“By an overwhelming margin, the American people are telling us to scrap the current bills, which will lead to a government takeover of health care, and we should start over.”
The number of lobbyists working Congress on health reform more than doubled in 2009 from more than 1,400 in the first three months of the year to nearly 3,700 in the final quarter
Goal is to help reduce copying, altering, and other forms of counterfeiting,
Virtually all of health reform legislation passed over the past 30 years was passed through the reconciliation process.
Insurance mandate, subsidies and a standard benefits package were all in the 1993 GOP bill.
Health officials warn consumers not to eat three products made by Queseria Bendita.
Plan includes insurance mandate and a promise to “end discrimination” from pre-existing conditions.
The key is finding a fix that helps both doctors and the patients, rather than one at the expense of the other.
But some doctors argue say nurse practitioners are unqualified to provide primary care without supervision.
Consumers should not to use ear candles because they can cause serious injuries, even when used according to the manufacturer’s directions, the FDA warns
“What’s being tested here is not just our ability to solve this one problem, but our ability to solve any problem.”
“. . .right now, Democrats are continuing to work behind closed doors, putting the finishing touches on yet another massive health care bill Americans can’t afford and don’t want.”
The Nestruds were shocked to find that money they had deposited in their HSA was missing.
Some hospice executives say the poor economy may also be driving doctors to hold on to patients longer.
People who are unvaccinated, pregnant women, infants less than 6 months-old and persons with weakened immune systems at higher risk
“Maalox Total Relief and Maalox are not interchangeable and shouldn’t be used in place of each other.”
A 1983 bill cut billions of dollars from the federal budget, caused medical inflation to plummet, yet still maintained quality.
New clinic is located at 1205 North 10th Street at The Landing in Renton.
The U.S. health technology can work miracles; but those miracles can come at a stiff price.
Repository is missing serious disciplinary actions against what are probably thousands of health providers
Dean of the UW School of Nursing blogs on the Future of Nursing
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