Lower-cost “fiixed payment” plans can leave patients with big bills.
The new healthcare reform law will extend health insurance to 34 million uninsured Americans, but what does it do to try to control costs?
Covered services include mammograms and colorectal cancer screening, bone mass measurement and nutritional counseling.
Virtually all the projected improvement in Medicare’s long-run outlook stems from a big bet on hospitals and doctors becoming more efficient and productive.
How is it possible to expand health coverage to tens of millions of people through Medicaid, tax credits and subsidies and at the same time cut the deficit?
By any measure, the true cost of the health care legislation is well over $1 trillion for the first ten years and in no way will it reduce the deficit.
U.S. District Court judge allows constitutional challenge to healthcare reform law’s “individual mandate” requirement to go to proceed.
Barbara Flye, the Senior Health Policy advisor to Washington Insurance Commissioner, Mike Kreidler, will provide an overview of the new health care reform law, and will help you understand how it relates to coverage for people with cancer.
Washington state’s insurance plan for residents with pre-existing conditions will start accepting applications in August with coverage beginning on the 1st of September.
Overall support remained stable since the June survey, with about half the public expressing a favorable view of the overhaul, the poll found.
When am I going to be able to start collecting benefits under the law’s new long-term-care program? When will the Medicare prescription drug coverage gap close?
In healthcare, in areas where patients pay out of pocket for services entrepreneurs, driven by market forces, have been lowering cost and raising quality.
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
Some insurers deny ER coverage to people who have been drinking
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Think your regular health insurance policy will cover you if you get into medical trouble overseas?
Don’t bet on it.
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