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Costly medications to get cheaper
A recent case ruling from the Highest Court in the Land will make a big difference in your health care costs to come. The case involved what are called "pay-for-delay payments" or "reverse payments," according to The New York Times. Here's how this plays out: Big pharmaceutical companies have a ...
New fight over mandatory sick leave
In an age when some 40% of people have no sick leave at work, there's a big push to mandate employers to grant it across the country. Yet I think there's a better solution that doesn't require a government mandate. In Central Florida, there has been a big to do ...
'Unbanked' to equal uninsured?
For consumers fed up with bank fees, prepaid cards may seem like an increasingly attractive alternative today. Some of today's prepaid cards come with an array of features that make them closely resemble checking accounts -- right down to the FDIC insurance the American Express Bluebird Card carries. However, a ...
Health plan choices in 2014
Before you start shopping for health insurance for 2014, learn the difference among platinum, gold, silver and bronze -- the names for new standardized plans that will be sold through "marketplaces." Health plans sold through the state and federally operated health insurance marketplaces, formerly known as exchanges, will be standardized ...
Amnesty from medical debt?
Medical debt is damaging the credit of right around 30 million people, according to the latest figures I've seen. What floors me about this problem is how it's both completely stealth and something that's so easily fixed once you know about it. You would expect that damaged credit because of ...
How much should insurers pay to save a life?
I read in The Los Angeles Times a story that really got me thinking about health care in our country. Jalal Afshar was a member of the HMO Kaiser Permanente, an insurer with a true staff model that gives you less out of pocket than in more traditional health care ...
Using food stamps to buy fast food?
The federal food stamp program is a gargantuan program with the worthy cause of keeping people from going hungry. But are big business interests about to pervert the program's purpose, or will those interests help more Americans avoid hunger? Sometimes I read something and I think it's a joke. And ...
Doctor who was strong patient advocate sues insurance company
A Los Angeles doctor who sued an insurance company for not approving needed services for patients has won in court. Dr. Jeff Nordella alleges he was banned by Anthem Blue Cross when he applied to be a preferred provider because he was a nuisance for prior insurers. What did he ...
Clark in favor of NYC's plan for cigarettes
Mayor Bloomberg was stymied in his effort to limit the size of soft drinks you can buy in New York City, so now he's taking on cigarettes. But I agree with him on this one! Bloomberg wants to make cigarettes kind of invisible, something that's not advertised with all the ...
Nurse practitioners alleviate shortage of primary care docs
Your access to health care is getting easier in America today. I've talked in the past about "nurse-in-a-box clinics" at retail storefronts that offer care 7 days a week from nurse practitioners. BusinessWeek reports 16 of 50 states allow nurse practitioners to practice as primary care providers without restrictions. In ...
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