Is using one of those walk-in-clinics like at a store the same as going to a doctor’s office or a hospital? According to recent research by the Rand Corp., the quality of the care you get is similar or better, but you’ll likely end up paying less at the retail clinic. Much less if your [...]
Looking for a bargain on prescriptions? Head to Walmart.com/pharmacy. Consumers anywhere in the United States can now buy a 90-day supply of certain “eligible” generic prescription drugs for $10 or a 30-day supply for $4. Mail order delivery is free. The site lists the more than 300 drugs, and the dosages, eligible for the [...]
Worried that a health care-related bill could bankrupt you? You’re not alone, this is an increasingly common fear in these harsh economic times. And it is not just people without insurance who can become buried by medical bills. CNNhealth.com has a just posted an article on “How to Prevent a Medical Bill Disaster.” Some tips [...]
Health care reform is moving again, but many experts still question whether in the end, it will be real reform that encourages higher quality care and lowers overall costs. The House Energy and Commerce Committee finally voted and approved the health care reform bill that had been stalled as moderate democrats objected to some of [...]
A study just published in The New England Journal of Medicine illustrates how growing health care costs, added to stagnant wages, are making middle class Americans poorer and poorer. The most affluent households, the study finds, will be able to absorb the steady growth in health care costs. Middle income families, however, are starting to [...]
President Barack Obama reiterated his commitment to pass health care reform “this year,” and not in five or ten years, according to The Wall Street Journal’s live blogging from the President’s recent Town Hall Meeting on health care. The event occurred at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va.. Members of the public also sent [...]
More Americans, including children, are obese according to a recent report from the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation. “Adult obesity rates now exceed 25 percent in 31 states and exceed 20 percent in 49 states and Washington, D.C. Two-thirds of American adults are either obese or overweight. In 1991, no state had an obesity rate above 20 percent. In [...]
When politicians propose health care reforms, they tend to either pander to strong interest groups or they push some blatant political agenda, such as moving to government-financed universal care. But in his latest post consultant Bob Laszewski proposes a reform that could drive a stake right into the heart of the health care beast — [...]
Patients are increasingly able to cut back on doctor’s visits by using home monitoring devices that collect vital signs such as blood glucose, weight, and blood pressure, and send that data electronically to their doctor. Telemonitoring, as it’s called, is taking off both because of technology improvements and the need to cut the cost of [...]
In his latest weekly address to the Nation, U.S. President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to passing health care reform this year. “It would be irresponsible to not act,” the President said. “We can’t keep shifting a growing burden to future generations.” He also announced that his administration is proposing an additional $313 billion in [...]
