Archive for October, 2009
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Most seniors are aware of health care reform proposals, but their major concern is if their plans will be taken away and what they will cost, and what they might lose as benefits. It’s not much wonder seniors on a limited budgets would jump at the chance to save money ...
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Why do some insurance companies prey on seniors? The answer is they
have no place to go and sometimes no family support, usually have money
saved up for a small nest egg and aren’t technologically savvy or that
aware of what goes on around them, especially if they have cognitive
difficulties. This makes it ...
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Unfortunately, the resources of our health care system are very limited in many ways. This isn’t a great surprise given how many people use it, sometimes daily. The costs are still escalating, even as you read this and it isn’t going to slow down unless there are some top down ...
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
Do you know what you actually spend on health care costs? Most people don’t and when they find out, they are suitably shocked. It might teach you something about not running to the doctor for every ache and pain and runny nose. Simply put, we have to be more prudent ...
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
To access affordable health care through a health care cooperative proposed by the government, those requiring medical help are “assigned” a team of primary care practitioners. You have zero say in the matter.
If you can’t see a doctor right away, you see a nurse and that is also not negotiable. ...
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
How does the nation get affordable health insurance for everyone without giving something up or taking something away? One proposal is health care cooperatives, which are likely a not so subtle stab at creating “more” insurance companies.
The example usually given of how a cooperative would work involves a company called ...
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