Posts Tagged ‘INSURANCE’
State of the Union: Finishing the Job of Health Reform
President Obama tells Congress that he will not walk away from health reform and urges members to finish the job of providing affordable and equitable care for the American people. January 27, 2010. (Public Domain)
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Spinach and Carrots health insurance commercial
Spinach and carrots health insurance commercial. Really cute little boy and girl.
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Man Who Enlisted In Army For Health Insurance Returns Home
A Watertown man went to great lengths to get health insurance for his family — including his wife who is fighting ovarian cancer.
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Groups Protest Health Insurance Heavyweights
This piece was produced in conjunction with the Huffington Post.
Arthur Delaney, Huffington Post:
Congressman Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) led a protest Monday outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Washington, site of the 2009 national conference of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a trade group for the health insurance industry.
“We are not radicals! We are not a fringe element!” shouted Massa, who opted not to use the bullhorn provided by protest organizers. “We are the 48 million Americans who cannot access health care today!”
To read the full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/10/eric-massa-protests-outsi_n_173520.html
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Jake and Amir: Health Insurance
I’m sick and tired of being ill and exhausted. See our videos a month earlier at http://www.collegehumor.com and follow us on http://www.twitter.com/collegehumor
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12/07/2009 Speaking Out on Behalf of Alaskans Denied Health Insurance
On Dec. 7, 2009, Sen. Mark Begich joined Sens. Stabenow and Merkley at a press conference to discuss how health insurance reform will finally put an end to insurance industry abuses that have denied coverage to hard working Americans when they get sick and need it the most. Sen. Begich shared stories of Alaskans that have been denied care.
The press conference also featured Jim Guest, President of the Consumers Union; Georgeanne Koehler, a woman from Pennsylvania who lost her brother after he was denied health insurance; and Zikia T. Jones-Martin, a Howard University student whose mother was denied health insurance because of a pre-existing condition.
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It’s NUTS that the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act
The fact is that physicians, surgeons, the health care team, and the patient should determine hospital length of stay . . . NOT the insurance companies and their administrators who sit in their corporate offices making decisions based on $$$ instead of what is best for human beings.
Someone asked for more information pros/cons . . . well, this is the best I can do:
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20030401/tips/17.html
http://www.statcan.ca/english/studies/82-003/archive/2004/16-1-b.pdf
http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/90/11/833.pdf
http://books.google.com/books?id=qp7wF9pwsTUC&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=determining+hospital+length+of+stay+mastectomy&source=web&ots=9RzTapzwbC&sig=Bzpkigv5wAiqRbh9JTEN12VLYEw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3763485
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=DCD85EC6CEDCFBC9175A21BFDBA8389B.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=76815
http://www.pinkribbonreview.com/2008/05/28/understanding-the-breast-cancer-protection-act
And, I still don’t think anyone facing a serious illness should be forced to fight an insurance company when their only focus should be fighting for their life and health.
I would like to update to say that scottjoynh advised the following: An orchiectomy (removal of a cancerous testicle) is typically outpatient surgery. Thank you for providing this information.
Excellent blog: http://generationcancer.blogspot.com/2009/02/taking-tree-late-effects-are-teh_09.html
Generation Cancer by Matthew Zachary
I’m Too Young for This and The Stupid Cancer Show
http://i2y.com/about/leadership.shtml
Breast Cancer Early Act
http://www.youngsurvival.org/images/pdf/2009_07_joint_statement_breast_cancer_early_act_final_w_stories.pdf
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John Stossel: Insurance Makes Healthcare Far More Expensive
John Stossel makes the case that we should pay for own healthcare. What a shocking notion!
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Obama on single payer
Health insurance bill to be reintroduced
http://www.ntv.co.ke
The controversial national social health insurance bill introduced by Cabinet Minister Charity Ngilu is set to make a comeback. Minister for Medical Services Anyang Nyongo says the new bill could be in place as early as next year. Nyongo says the bill will make health care affordable to a majority of Kenyans.
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