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Bill Maher | New Rule: Not Everything in America Has to Make a Profit
When healthcare companies and practitioners put profit ahead of people's well-being, what results is exploitation.
It's fine if healthcare if for profit. But, then the profits should be fed back into the system for rewarding practitioners, funding studies, and improving care.
In a recent article in the Huffington Post, Bill Maher talks about how rehabilitating prisoners is [...]
Myths About Diabetes
It's important for the public to learn more about diabetes. Diabetes is a huge epidemic. There are many social, behavioural, and economic forces contributing to its rising numbers.
What disturbs me most is when I hear people with diabetes say they didn't realize that there could be complications associated with the disease. While diabetes can be [...]
Healthcare | Freedom of Choice
Obama is moving on healthcare again. A bit.
In meeting with several Republican governors today (that weren't on leave in Argentina) to discuss the national healthcare system.
He sent a message to the AMA by stating that patients would be able to choose their doctors under his system.
Via the Associated Press:
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says [...]
Obama Works Deal to Cut Drug Costs
Drug companies present one of the biggest economic and political obstacles to universal healthcare. Aimed at reducing government costs and aiding seniors, the details of the deal are still being ironed out.
Via USNews & World Report:
President Obama's announcement of a $80 billion deal with the pharmaceutical industry to cut prescription drug costs received favorable media [...]
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Americans Struggle to Pay Healthcare Costs
People in the United States, the best country in the world (yes, still), should not have to worry about how to pay for healthcare or be faced with bankruptcy when they or someone they love faces a health crises. Yet, this is the situation in the U.S., where the most fragile are hit the hardest [...]
NEJM | An Affordable and Fair Approach to Achieving Universal Coverage
The New England Journal of Medicine is doing an admirable job in working to advance the conversation about universal care among physician and healthcare audiences.
Yesterday, the NEJM.org posted an article titled The Individual Mandate — An Affordable and Fair Approach to Achieving Universal Coverage by Linda J. Blumberg, Ph.D., and John Holahan, Ph.D.
It's a worthy [...]
Reducing Medical Costs