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The unemployed may soon pay more to remain on COBRA without a subsidy, look for insurance on the individual market, go on Medicaid if they qualify or lose coverage altogether.
Every year, the Medicare and Medicaid lose an estimated $65 billion to criminals who defraud the health care system, says fraud expert Lou Saccoccio.
Group Health studied the costs and outcomes for patients going to its “medical home” project. The conclusion? The medical home cut costs significantly.
Some small businesses say a tax credit worth 50% of their contribution to their workers’ coverage will actually do little to help them afford health insurance.
FSA’s typically work like this: Your employer takes pre-tax money out of your pay and you can use it during the year to pay for medical expenses. The catch: if you don’t use it, you lose it.
Medical students generally prefer the bigger paychecks and greater prestige of specialties.
Lectures on diet, exercise and stress management strategies.
But some doctors argue say nurse practitioners are unqualified to provide primary care without supervision.
2/24/10 Gilda’s Club of Seattle presents: Current Strategies for Managing CLL (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia) Join us for an overview of CLL, including information on current management strategies. Our speaker, Kenneth Foon, MD, is a hematologist/oncologist from the Nevada Cancer Institute. Please RSVP to attend. 10:45 – 11:45 AM, Wednesday. RSVP
Daniel Evans formerly director of acute support services, marketing at DaVita, Inc.
Efforts to get Americans to buy private long-term care insurance have largely failed.
More than 60 percent of employers say they’ll increase the share of health costs paid by employees.
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