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Are physician salaries way too high?
By tovarichpeter in South San Francisco CA 94080   34 comments, latest 1 month ago:
Goran_K says APOCALYPSEFUCK: "No physician will ever admit they get paid too much per exam/procedure/etc. If they could charge $200/hour for it, they would kick you to death in front of your loved ones."

The Price of US Health Care is Too Damned High
By Patrick in Menlo Park CA 94025   7 comments, latest 1 month ago:
curious2 says Patrick says Smokers may save healthcare money overall, by dying so much earlier than everyone else. The tobacco companies hired publicity firms to make that argument, paying "journalists" and talking heads to spread...

Jury awards $500 million in lawsuit against HMO
By elliemae in Saint George UT 84770   2 comments, latest 1 month ago:
elliemae says This subject is near & dear to my heart. Infection control is so important, but when anyone (insurance companies, physicians...) place profit over patient health there's bound to be problems. I didn't mention...

Are you feeling a tightness in your chest?
By HEY YOU  posted 1 month ago:
Eat a burger or steak that will help.lol http://www.wired.com/wiredscie

A little competition.
By HEY YOU  posted 1 month ago:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/br "But some physicians are upset by the expansion, saying it will further splinter an already fragmented health care system and therefore harm quality and patient safety." BS! It will cut into their revenue.

President Personally Performs First Obamacare Euthanization
By zzyzzx in Baltimore MD 21230   3 comments, latest 1 month ago:
curious2 says Ceffer says How come he didn't just take her out with a drone while she was gardening? Insurance coverage typically excludes acts of war (declared or otherwise). Another common exclusion is acts of...

Medicare Penalizing Hospitals for Readmits
By elliemae in Saint George UT 84770   1 comment, latest 1 month ago:
curious2 says elliemae says Hospitals dump patients out at the very first opportunity.... That depends on whether they can make more $ keeping you there longer: "How American Healthcare Killed My Father" Of course, now...

New law: You must be rich to get sick.
By HEY YOU  posted 2 months ago:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/

OAKLAND REHABILITATION CENTER, CA
By simchaland  7 comments, latest 2 months ago:
dingomutt says My father is currently at this facility after having a second mini-stroke. It seems to be run ok for the most part but you have to be on their tail for things to...

Health Option One -- scam or not?
By justme  7 comments, latest 2 months ago:
JHW says I implore you to find an insurance carrier who doesn't require billing; because if you're as intelligent as the facade that precedes you, then you will indeed find that there are three legally...

Hope everyone is feeling fine.
By HEY YOU  posted 2 months ago:
http://info.healthways.com/201 Gallup and Healthways produce an annual report on the Well-Being of each of the 50 U.S. states, their respective communities and each of the 435 U.S. congressional districts. Every community, state, and congressional district...

Companies slam Obamacare fee
By lostand confused  2 comments, latest 2 months ago:
elliemae says People and corporations have been covering this cost for years in the form of higher federal, state & local taxes. Corporations are pissed because they have to pay $63 more per year pear...

CA setting up biggest health insurance exchange under Obamacare
By lostand confused  4 comments, latest 2 months ago:
carrieon says PhRMA, AHA, AMA, AHIP Wow, good point. You just listed the architects of Obamacare.

Prenatal exposure to DDT can mean adult high blood pressure
By tvgnus  posted 2 months ago:
http://www.centralvalleybusine Davis makes research breakthrough •  The prenatal period is exquisitely sensitive to environmental disturbance Infant girls exposed to high levels of the pesticide DDT while still inside the womb are three times more likely...

Hand me a flyswatter.I need to kill a bug.
By HEY YOU  posted 2 months ago:
http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/ Untreatable and hard-to-treat infections from CRE germs are on the rise among patients in medical facilities. CRE germs have become resistant to all or nearly all the antibiotics we have today. Types of CRE...

Is employer-provided health insurance worth it
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433   60 comments, latest 2 months ago:
Rin says zzyzzx says MMR says I suspect that people who are 'all about money' don't often pursue medicine, since there are far easier ways to make money, like getting an MBA at a top...

CA Nursing House lets resident die due to no-CPR Policy
By thunderlips11  11 comments, latest 2 months ago:
elliemae says elliemae says When someone falls, codes or requires emergency medical care in a facility, 911 is called. There is either a response with flashing lights, paramedics, etc or there is no response at...

New Report on What is Wrong with Health Care and why O-care Fixes Nothing
By Robert Sproul  1 comment, latest 2 months ago:
CaptainShuddup says Robert Sproul says Obama care does very little to solve any of these problems……...in fact if any thing it will increase the profits I said that from the getgo before Nancy passed it...

Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us
By Patrick in Menlo Park CA 94025   9 comments, latest 3 months ago:
Homeboy says donjumpsuit says However, the pharmaceutical industry has seen record losses in profit for pain killers and anti-depressants in those states Cite or it didn't happen.

To Fix Healthcare, Let 100 Solutions Bloom
By Patrick in Menlo Park CA 94025   1 comment, latest 3 months ago:
APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says No one wants to fix healthcare. Everyone just wants to corner the market for themselves and fuck America bloody for their own Caligulan enrichment. What do you think this is? Alberta?


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Report: Medical treatment varies crazily in California (centralvalleybusinesstimes.com)
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Vitamin B12 deficiency:Tracking the genetic causes (cosmeticflair.com)
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Are the Benefits of Wheatgrass Shots for Real? (cosmeticflair.com)
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Hospital Prices No Longer Secret As New Data Reveals Staggering Cost Differences (huffingtonpost.com)
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FDA warns pregnant women to not use certain migraine medicines (centralvalleybusinesstimes.com)
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State blasts United Healthcare for rate hike (centralvalleybusinesstimes.com)
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Three Wrongs Make a Right (economist.com)
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Video: New implant brings high hopes for back pain relief (reuters.com)
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How do you like your Roundup? (reuters.com)
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CareFirst proposes 25 percent rate increase under health care reform (baltimoresun.com)
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Health Actuaries: Obamacare Rates Will Soar (everydayhealth.com)
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Patients Scarred After Robotic Surgery - Yahoo! Finance (yahoo.com)
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This might require some healthcare. (cnn.com)
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Local Ambulance Service Quits Southern Utah Area (stgeorgeutah.com)
elliemae 1 month ago   5 comments   mail  

Jury awards $500 million in lawsuit against HMO (reviewjournal.com)
elliemae 1 month ago   2 comments   mail  

The Price of US Health Care is Too Damned High (ritholtz.com)
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Are you feeling a tightness in your chest? (wired.com)
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A little competition. (forbes.com)
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