Instead of wasting a day to go to the hospital, 77-year old Jens Dastrup hooks himself up from home to some electronic monitors which automatically feed his readings to his doctor, who then reviews the readings for any abnormalities and can even issue prescriptions electronically.
The catch? This ain’t happening in downtown Des Moines.
As an [...]
Over-utilization is the concept that too much of something is being used, or utilized. As it applies to health care, over-utilization is another one of (way too) many behind-the-scenes reasons why health care costs are so out of control.
A big reason for this is that current benefits rich plans do little if anything to [...]
People may tend not to believe what I say about health insurance because, well, perhaps I am biased.
So here’s what the Wall Street Journal has to say about the (alleged) mess with health insurance – and by the way, I agree with every word in this article, which is why I am sharing [...]
Insurers are charging higher rates because hospitals are renegotiating their rates to reflect the cost of being required to treat a growing number of uninsured people who show up at the ER.
If people truly want to know the scoop on health plan proposals made both by Obama and McCain, all they need to do is read “the Journal.”
Once again, the WSJ has nailed it.
This time, the tag line to the story reads (correctly): Obama supports huge tax subsidies for the wealthy.
What’s funny is, he doesn’t even [...]
In their second debate held on Tuesday, Oct. 7, Senators Obama and McCain went back and forth on health care.
When asked how he would characterize health care coverage, McCain responded that it is a responsibility. In other words, individuals have a responsibility to provide their own health care coverage.
In contrast, Obama chose to characterize health [...]
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