United States Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, said last week that he was willing to tweak health care reform which was enacted earlier this year by the Obama administration. This is according to the article “Sen. Reid Says Willing to Tweak Healthcare Law” by Debbie Charles and Karey Wutkowski. Reid also says he is focusing [...]
Archive for November, 2010
The Twinkie Diet
People are always looking for quick tricks to lose weight, but a recent report from Dr. Mark Haub, a professor at Kansas State University, proves that for the average person it boils down to simple math: calories in vs calories out. The article “Twinkie Diet for Weight Loss: Is Professor Haub On To Something” by [...]
Election May Affect Health Care Reform
The article found on Commonhealth.wbur.org by Carey Goldberg titled “Election’s Effects On Health Care Reform: New Harvard Public Health Forum Webcast” directs readers to a video of the Forum At Harvard School of Public Health. This webcast was a discussion on the election results which was held Friday, November 5th. This important discussion points out [...]
Stop Medicare Fraud
You may have seen some of the commercials on TV promoting www.stopmedicarefraud.com, talking about how Medicare fraud is prevalent and causing a lot of problems for the beneficiaries of Medicare. I visited the site to see what all the concern was about and it’s surprising. There is a small amount of bizarre criminal activity such [...]
High Risk Insurance Pools Unsuccessful
For the past few months there has been concern that a $5 billion budget would not be enough to cover the large amount of people expected to enroll in a network of health insurance pools for those with pre-existing conditions. Some thought the money would be exhausted by 2012. According to the article “High-Risk Insurance [...]
Health Insurers’ Third Quarter Earnings Up?
How are health insurance companies experiencing higher earnings this quarter while so many industries are struggling? Health care services were way down in the 3rd quarter for 2010, helping health insurance companies report earnings which were better than expected by experts. The article on The Washington Post by Tom Murphy from November 3rd states health [...]
Free Birth Control With Health Care Reform
The new health care reform bill has many benefits for consumers, but one of the most talked about is the guarantee of access to free birth control for women, which is considered preventative medicine. According to the article on RedOrbit.com, “Health Care Reform Could Lead To Free Birth Control”, there is a debate brewing about [...]
