Health Care

A lot of data have come out recently that people who are appropriately insured are choosing not to go to the doctor and put off medical procedures and cut prescription costs by simply not taking their medications.
So here is my question: Do these individual steps actually lead to a change in health care or do [...]

Health Care And The Economy–Always Changing

A New President’s Healthcare Plan
It has been more than 60 days since the President Obama took office and the focus has turned toward from the auto industry to the health of the overall economy. So where does that leave the Obama-Biden healthcare plan? Will there be some movement in this year to begin to solve this healthcare puzzle [...]

What is underinsured?

The underinsured are people who have insurance that does not fully cover their medical needs and will have to pay more out of their own pockets in addition to their insurance or healthcare coverage costs. According to a study in Health Affairs there may be as many as 16 million people (in 2003) who are [...]

Preventing Head Injuries

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) section for National Center for Injury Prevention and Control has a list of guidelines to help prevent brain injury. There are additional guidelines for when to contact the doctor for children and adults–questions for the doctor are listed on the side.
There are additional resources listed at the [...]

What Is Medicaid?

According to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Medicaid is for people who cannot afford medical insurance. The rules and regulations that govern Medicaid, whether you are eligible, are determined by each state. In other words, states determine what is a “needy” group and who would be eligible for Medicaid assistance. [Type in [...]

A Handwritten Note No More

What if you knew what your prescription said and so did your pharmacist? What if they didn’t have to call your doctor to confirm? What if you could have the prescription forwarded to your pharmacy before you even get there and the drug you were actually prescribed was waiting for you or a generic equivalent [...]

Health Insurance, Questions, Neighborhoods, Diets? What do they have in common?

Can Health Insurance be affordable? Are there ways to keep your costs down? The answer to both of these questions is yes and no.  Sometimes it is as simple as losing weight–not that losing weight is ever simple–and yes you can actually lower your monthly health insurance costs by losing weight and getting closer to or [...]

Changes…

Today President Obama made federal funds available for embryonic stem cell research. This change overturns former President Bush’s policy that the National Institutes of Health could only provide research funding to the existing 60 cell lines, which were currently available when Bush signed the executive order in 2001.
This could possibly mean both a lot of battles [...]

Will Health Care Actually Change?

A New President’s Healthcare Plan
Barack Obama is our new president and he takes office in a little over two months. During the campaign you heard a lot of talk from Obama and Biden about changing health care but will there be change? How will they really change the healthcare system in the United States?
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A New President; A New Healthcare Plan

It is fair to say that with a new president that we may see some changes to health care in this United States. However, you may not see those changes for quite some time. It depends on how the new administration wants to tackle this very demanding and delicate area. So the real question is: [...]