Before you begin second guessing what I’m about to say, let me state a couple of points: 1. I live in New York State. Hillary Clinton is my senator. 2. I am a registered republican. 3. I was divorced many many years ago from a man who was brilliant, like Bill Clinton, and addicted to […]
HillaryCare: Sticking Her Neck Out Read More »
Now that this year’s anniversary of 9-11 is past, and we have considered our collective sadness and outrage over those events of six years ago…. We must consider now how it is we are honoring those heroes who DID survive — the emergency personnel who jumped into the fray to help their fellow human beings,
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A quick thank you goes out to the Sarasota (Florida) Herald Tribune — an article in this morning’s newspaper about the many early risers who are so excited about taking courses through the Sarasota School’s ACE program (Adult Community Education) that they begin lining up at 6:30 in the morning on the first day of
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What’s the number #1 reason patients don’t seek medical care? Because they can’t afford it. Recognizing that all the great technology, drugs, therapies and other cures in the world can’t help patients if patients can’t afford to go to the doctor for diagnosis or treatment, the American Cancer Society has decided to go out on
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Part of my work is what I call health or medical “consumerism” — recognizing, talking about, and creating guidelines for patients as they regard cost of their healthcare. From nuances in purchasing health insurance, to understanding how those dollars get allocated, to ideas for saving money and even appealing health insurance payment rejections — that’s
Patient as Customer? Read More »
My other advocate colleagues and I often get networking-type requests: Sometimes journalists, authors, reporters, or other media reps are looking for patients who fit a certain profile and might be willing to be interviewed. Sometimes patients want to connect with others who may be sharing experiences with similar symptoms or diagnoses. I’ve started a page
New Blog Section: Looking for…. Read More »
This story from NPR caught my eye this morning. Even those who think I go a bit off the deep end when it comes to casting dispersions on insurance and other payor programs that should be paying for our healthcare and don’t… this will make you think twice. The story concerns American soldiers who have
Soldiers’ War Injuries = Pre-existing? Read More »
The AP issued an article this week (picked up in many pubs, I’m sure — here’s a link) about injecting microchips into humans, in part to improve their healthcare. The idea is that there are a number of problems we human beings could solve if we just had a microchip implanted in our arms. For
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