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Patient Assistance: Access to Drugs for the Uninsured, and a Dose of EPA, Too

Health /Medical Consumerism, Health Insurance, Patient Advocacy, Patient Empowerment, Patient Tools

I’m pleased to announce a new relationship — PatientAssistance.com and Every Patient’s Advocate…. The courtship didn’t last long before the commitment. PatientAssistance.com is a non-profit organization which helps those who are uninsured gain access to the pharmaceutical drugs they need. Check it out — a very necessary helping hand for those who just can’t afford […]

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Thank a Veteran by Getting Your Flu Shot

3 Comments / Patient Empowerment

My husband is a veteran. He served 20+ years in the Air Force, is now retired and has moved on to another career all together. But his service to our country is very much a part of his life, meaning then, both our lives. I am so very proud of the man my husband became

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Two Healthy De-Cancered Patients

Healthcare Quality, Medical Errors / Mistakes / Misdiagnosis, Patient Advocacy, Patient Empowerment, Patient Safety, Patient Tools, SPTCL

De-cancered — a good word, isn’t it? Look at these two faces — they look quite healthy, don’t you think? Well — they most certainly are — quite healthy, despite the chemo both faced prior to proving neither one had the cancer she was diagnosed with. What this photo doesn’t show, is the emotion behind

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What Can We Learn from Susan’s Horrendous Hospital Stay?

1 Comment / Healthcare Quality, Hospitals, Patient Safety

No commentary needed here. See what my friend Susan shared with me about her recent experience: I had a routine colonoscopy, then 5 days later, I began to hemorrhage and passed out on the street corner. Some passerbys helped me and called an ambulance, but I ended up in the St XXX’s ER, one of

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Healthcare Reform – Do You Understand the Questions?

Health /Medical Consumerism, Health Insurance, Healthcare Quality, Patient Empowerment, Politics and Medicine

We all think we know what healthcare reform means — we think it means something about universal healthcare, right? You might be surprised to learn that “universal healthcare” isn’t what it’s about at all. It’s about shifting who gets healthcare, figuring out how to pay for it, and knowing that any success we find will

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Will Healthcare Be Important in the Upcoming Elections?

Health /Medical Consumerism, Health Insurance, Media, Patient Advocacy, Politics and Medicine

I’ve been running a poll on my About.com patient empowerment site, asking the question Tom Brokaw asked in the debate this week: Is healthcare a right? or a responsibility? Do we as individuals believe we should all have a right to healthcare coverage, similar to the way we have police protection, or fire protection, or

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Wall Street Robber Barons — Killing Americans?

Health Insurance, Media, Patient Empowerment

The incredible anger of all Americans at those greedy S.O.B.s who have been running the banks and investment houses that are already robbing Americans of their hard earned money, will ramp up further at this revelation: As you may know, the number of uninsured Americans is typically quoted at 47 million. We learned that last

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Frustrated by a Hospital Stay? Doctors Are Frustrated, Too

Doctor Communication, Healthcare Quality, Hospitals, Patient Empowerment, Patient Tools

One important theme in the information I share with patients, is to help them better understand their frustrations with healthcare as a basis for understanding how to get past those frustrations. Point-of-view is always a good place to begin. Understanding the point of view of whatever it is that stands in your way can help

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