Out of Control: How Health Benefit Costs Get Fixed
Despite all of the talk surrounding health care, Obamacare, Romneycare, and all of the alternatives, businesses are still staring into the abyss in many cases as the costs skyrocket. Is there a solution?
How One Boston Hospital Accidentally Built A Healthcare Cloud
eth Israel Deaconess Medical Center didn’t set out to build a healthcare cloud. When the Boston hospital adopted electronic health records (EHR)in 2007, it needed to find a way to include its physicians in the effort. However, this proved to be a substantial challenge.
Doctors For Single Payer Health Care Take On Supreme Court
Fifty medical doctors who favor a single payer health insurance system today urged the US Supreme Court to strike down the individual mandate.
Health Care Mandate Was First Backed by Conservatives
The requirement in President Obama’s health care law that individuals buy insurance was first proposed by conservative economists and backed by Republicans, who now shun it.
The Most Expensive Starbucks Drink in the World, Ever
Imagine a coffee-based health food smoothie that will put you in the hospital if you drink it all.
County Sources Allege Nadia Lockyer Is Fighting Substance Abuse
The health of Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer has long been a private concern to her staff … her husband, the powerful State Treasurer Bill Lockyer …Nadia was the victim of assault by an ex-boyfriend at a Newark motel… Amid the spin and damage control lies a worsening condition for the 40-year-old supervisor, who sources portray as caught in a classic whirlwind of substance abuse among a coterie of enablers more interested in cashing in politically … numerous sources involved in the 2010 supervisorial campaign, now say they witnessed the seeds of Nadia’s use of controlled subst
FYI: Erections are Insured but the ongoing outrage over birth control Continues
Republicans have stated that the President’s mandate to provide health insurance coverage for birth control, is not part of an ongoing war against woman. Let’s delve into this. More than half of Viagra prescriptions were afforded health care insurance weeks after entering the U.S. market in 1998 yet women had to pay for birth control. It wasn’t until 20o2 that New York became the 20th state requiring that insurers and employers provide contraceptive coverage.
Colbert Performs Dramatic Reenactment Of Obama’s ‘War On Religion’
Stephen Colbert, devout Catholic, despises President Obama’s “war on religion.” The administration’s rule that health insurance companies provide contraception coverage is “forcing priests to hand out condoms at mass.”
An Overwhelming Majority want the Catholic Church to STFU about birth control
President Obama’s birth control rule initially mandated that employers provide health insurance plans which would include coverage for birth control exempting religious employers but not institutions, which of course sparked an uproar (or possibly a deflection). A new poll suggests that an overwhelming majority support this mandate. Catholic hospitals and other institutions also support the policy. Catholic approval for the President has remained unchanged. 95% of Catholics use contraceptives….
Milk: America’s Health Problem
