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Personal Stories

Face to Face With the People Who Really Know Healthcare

I had the opportunity this week to attend the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Gallatin support group to tell them about change:healthcare (of course I couldn’t get the projector to work, which made sharing the application a bit difficult, however it all worked out). As I began to tell them what our company is about, [...]

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Healthy Costs More

Interesting article popped up today on how the healthy population may cost more in terms of healthcare than the obese or smokers. The premise is that the healthy person lives longer and therefore has more opportunity to run up costs in part because they have a longer window to work in.
Let me add a little [...]

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Why should we change health care?

In going through my multiplying number of unread feeds I ran across an interesting piece from last week (sorry to those of you who have already done your reading). Politico published Young and Uninsured Turn to Facebook highlighting the large number of young adults interested in health care reform policies of the “08 election.
I [...]

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In honor of my parents

Dad passed away Dec 3rd and Mom a year later on Dec 23rd. I miss them both. Tremendously.
When asked why i started change:healthcare, why i give a damn about healthcare consumerism, why it is important to make a difference – it’s because i told them and myself that i would do something. Something honest, [...]

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I would suggest you bring at least fifty bucks

I wasn’t able to get out go shopping on Black Friday so I thought I would do some catching up today. Since we are now in the season when “it” is going around, I thought I would be a good healthcare consumer and get some prices for a strep test for when I might [...]

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Your Insurance Saved You $84.99

That’s the line that stared back at me from the printout on the prescription the bag came in.
Your insurance saved you $84.99.
Did my insurance truly “save me $84.99″ I wondered.
Like most of us with private insurance, I don’t get EOBs for my prescriptions. I simply pay a prescription co-pay of $10 for generics and $35 [...]

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German Healthcare

I spent a lot of time in Germany – 2 years to be exact – and found Unity’s post about Health 2.0 taking off in Germany very interesting http://wisdom.blogs.com/health/2007/11/health-20-takin.html (see the original post at http://gigaom.com/2007/11/17/health-20-gaining-traction-in-germany/). Both systems have something to learn from one another, and here are some tidbits.
I got to experience the German healthcare system [...]

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Now for something different and inspiring

I just saw the Paul Potts’ story that has flown across YouTube. As we all struggle with our daily challenges, including healthcare concerns either as Caregivers, Providers, Employers, or even Insurers… it is important to embrace those glimmering moments that impress upon us that even against all odds that that which we never thought could [...]

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They Bill Us, and We Pay Them

OK call me naive. I thought my healthcare provider was working for me. In all fairness, it usually does, but this past incident reminds me that they do not always.
I recently had a provider’s office call me back for a follow up – some photos. Pretty simple really – they had already done it once. [...]

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What would healthcare drive you to do?

I was having a peaceful Tuesday afternoon, happy that it was finally under 100 degrees for the first time in weeks, when my boss sent me and email titled “Fwd: Google Alert – “medical bills”. Well of course I opened it (it’s from my boss), but I had no clue what I was about to [...]

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