Category Archives: healthcare

Someone tell Jared Polis – Choking on the Cost of ‘Medicare for All’ But it’s so tempting to the mindset that thinks government can do everything better. Why? Single-payer’s champions generally paint a lovely picture of healthcare utopia. Patients go … Continue reading

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Your State and Federal tax dollars at work – Federal audit raps Colorado’s $10B Medicaid program for poor safeguards against fraud, abuse Of the 28 states audited by the federal regulators in the past three years only three states — … Continue reading

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Disrupter – Amazon, Buffett, JPMorgan tackle US health care “tapeworm” – NewsTimes “The ballooning costs of (health care) act as a hungry tapeworm on the American economy,” Buffett said in a prepared statement. “Our group does not come to this problem … Continue reading

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Obamacare lives on in Colorado – Division of Insurance approves health insurance premiums for 2018 | Department of Regulatory Agencies Average individual premium change across all companies: 26.7% (average requested change was 26.96%) Company Average Requested Change* Average Approved Change* SERFF Tracking … Continue reading

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This kind of primary care allows patients to bypass insurance and pay a flat rate to see their doctor for basic services. Direct Primary Care: A Better Way to Pay for Healthcare? – NBC News – video at the link Dr … Continue reading

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An idea so simple, it just might work – An antidote for Obamacare: Cash only medicine with transparent pricing and no insurance – the future of medicine? – AEI How does Clinica Mi Pueblo offer these medial services at the … Continue reading

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We say, ‘Here’s the price. Here’s what you’re getting. Here’s your bill” – What Happens When Doctors Only Take Cash | Time.com Uugh… good things happen? Just guessin’ (not really). The catch is that the whole facility is cash-based. It … Continue reading

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The cost of Obamacare

For Obamacare supporters, a deal no matter the cost – US sees sharpest health insurance premium increases | The Daily Caller.

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Beat the tuition bloat

Glenn Reynolds: Beat the tuition bloat. “Why am I paying so much tuition to people whose job seems to be telling me to call someone else?” That was my daughter’s lament last week as she tried to pry an essential … Continue reading

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The Resurgence Of Preventable Diseases

How Vaccine Fears Fueled The Resurgence Of Preventable Diseases : Shots – Health News : NPR.  As you flip through the various maps over the years, two trends clearly emerge: Measles has surged back in Europe, while whooping cough is … Continue reading

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A retired doctor encounters the medical system: On Breaking One’s Neck

On Breaking One’s Neck by Arnold Relman | The New York Review of Books. What did this experience teach me about the current state of medical care in the US? Quite a lot, as it turns out. I always knew … Continue reading

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HHS official: Immigrants who are ‘lawfully present’ but not citizens qualify for Obamacare subsidies

HHS official: Immigrants who are ‘lawfully present’ but not citizens qualify for Obamacare subsidies. Regardless of whether or not illegal aliens granted RPI status would get access to Obamacare subsidies in the end, Gerlach caught a major nexus point between … Continue reading

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Obamacare Subsidies Amateur Hour

Obamacare Subsidies Doled Out Using ‘Honor System’; Billions in Fraud Feared. Obamacare’s delayed implementation of the employer mandate means health insurance exchanges and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will be unable to determine whether individuals are eligible for taxpayer-funded subsidies … Continue reading

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Sick of status quo: Doctor switches to no-insurance model

Sick of status quo: Doctor switches to no-insurance model | Fox News Video. I will be discussing this option with my doctor on the next visit. Unfortunately, it doesn’t address the digital records data sharing/privacy issue.   Screen shot of … Continue reading

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Nearly 1,200 people have starved to death in NHS hospitals

Coming soon to a country near you:  Nearly 1,200 people have starved to death in NHS hospitals because ‘nurses are too busy to feed patients’ | Mail Online. As many as 1,165 people starved to death in NHS hospitals over … Continue reading

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Obamacare will share personal health info with federal, state agencies

News you can use: Obamacare will share personal health info with federal, state agencies | WashingtonExaminer.com. No doubt all of this data sharing will provide us with better health care and protect our privacy. You have to be from Boulder to … Continue reading

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Obamacare, no cost too high: Colorado requests $125 million

$125 million more requested to implement Obamacare in Colorado | The Daily Caller. Federal grants have already paid $61 million to set up the one-stop health insurance shop, but the board is now being asked to approve another $125 million … Continue reading

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Obamacare co-op loan amateur hour

  U.S. gave troubled Florida firm $129 million for new Ohio Obamacare Federal officials gave $129 million to a Florida firm with a checkered past to establish an Obamacare cooperative in Ohio, The Washington Examiner has learned. Insurer with NY’s … Continue reading

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Obamacare – There’s no cause to celebrate this overstuffed turkey

The Washington Times takes on Obamacare’s 3rd birthday. Quite the takedown, the whole editorial is a highlight reel so you’ll have to read it. The conclusion: “Nothing succeeds like failure,” Tommy Lasorda, the wise old baseball manager,  once said. Only … Continue reading

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Helen Smith: Why don’t Men Get Prostate Exams?

Good question. I must say the answer is pretty obvious! That said, I’ve gotten one every year since I turned 50. What I didn’t realize is that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) now recommends that healthy men should … Continue reading

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