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Healthcare

Learning to Truly Value America’s Youth

Chris Fleming of Health Affairs Blog has highlighted the debate surrounding State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) reauthorization, discontinuities, and enrollment in his blog. Undeniably this is such an important topic. I wrote a research paper this spring on uninsured children and the variations across SCHIP. Unfortunately the discussion is warranted (referencing the first article [...]

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THIS IS NOT A BILL

We’ve all seen it – the EOB (Explanation of Benefit) with the bold lettering that proudly declares THIS IS NOT A BILL. So what is it? We called around to some insurers to find out about it and to see if they had a guide for the high math that they so often employ.
“It’s pretty easy.”
That’s [...]

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How to Manage Your Medical Bills

Let’s face it, nobody really enjoys dealing with (and paying for) their medical bills. But everyone wants to know the same things: “did I receive and send all of the correct forms, and did I pay too much?” In addition they might think to themselves “could this be made easier, and could I [...]

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If it Were Only That Simple (Part 2 of 2) – Who’s to blame for America’s healthcare problems?

So who’s to blame for America’s healthcare problems? In part 1 or my 2 part series, I had told you the reasons why I feel that individuals and physicians and health practitioner deserve some of the blame for our systems complications.
Note: www.charlesclarknovels.com made a wonderful comment on part 1, highlighting accountability (if you’re interested go [...]

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If It Were Only That Simple (Part 1 of 2) – Who’s to blame for America’s healthcare problems?

I’m sure you have witnessed a variety of conversations about America’s healthcare crisis, I certainly have. I spent a whole semester senior year studying our disheveled system in Fundamental Issue of Medicine, Health, and Society. I heard presentations from health economists, alternative medicine practitioners and read several informative books on what I assume is [...]

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Medical Bills are Like Snowflakes

Medical bills are like snowflakes in two very important ways:

No two are exactly alike.
They fall from the sky in flurries or in blizzards.

OK, some medical bills are alike, but it made a good analogy. Still comparing medical bills is a delicate task. Take an earlier post where I had two separate Level 1 ER visits [...]

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Leaked BlueCross Internal Memo Addresses SiCKO

An internal memo addressing the movie “SiCKO,” leaked to Michael Moore by a Capital BlueCross employee, is making the rounds on the Internet today. After its original posting on Moore’s site, it moved to Crooks and Liars, and eventually to Boing Boing.
Crooks and Liars says the memo shows that “SiCKO has Blue Cross scrambling.” [...]

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Healthcare Reform a Key Issue in 2008, But Does Anyone Have the Right Plan?

Today the New York Times released an article detailing the importance of healthcare reform in the upcoming 2008 elections, as well as outlining the various strategies (in very general terms) from candidates on both the right and left of the political spectrum. As the article notes, the proposals from the right and left are [...]

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Children’s ER Visit

My three year old is a born entertainer. She has curly red hair, a personality that just grabs people and she’s a born talker. One morning on vacation recently, she and I were up before the rest of the family. I told her to be quiet so we didn’t wake anyone up. I fixed coffee, [...]

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