House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ridiculed criticism by Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell of Democrats’ health-care plans, saying he’s echoing an insurance industry which makes “exorbitant profits” at the expense of Americans’ well being.
What if the pricey blue pill is actually better than the cheaper red one? What if it’s better but just a little bit? What happens when a yellow pill comes along, costing twice as much as the blue? What happens if there’s a new procedure that cures the ailment, but at an even bigger cost?
In Alabama earlier this year, a federal judge ordered the Morgan County sheriff locked up in his own jail for contempt for failing to adequately feed his inmates. Alabama allows sheriffs to keep food money they do not spend, and the sheriff reportedly pocketed more than $200,000 over three years.
Colonoscopy without sedation is common in Europe and Asia, and efficacy is
comparable."There have been several studies that show that if you have motivated patients, a significant fraction of them can have a colonoscopy without sedation," said Douglas Rex, MD, past president of the American College of Gastroenterology
Official advice is stay at home and log on to the NHS Direct website, consult
the Swine Flu Information Line (08001 513 513) or your GP for advice by phone.
If swine flu is confirmed as a phone diagnosis, then
you will be given an authorisation voucher - this means someone who can act as
your 'flu friend' can collect it from your GP's surgery and take it to a chemist
to pick up Tamiflu (or the alternative anti-viral relenza, if you cannot take
Tamiflu, for example because you are pregnant).
'Avoid going to your GP surgery.There may be people in the waiting room with underlying health issues for whom swine flu could be very dangerous,' says Dr Baker.
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1199760/SWINE-FLU-Your-vital-questions-answered.html#ixzz0LQzM0YON
We all know somebody who is sticking with a lousy job because of the health care. Economists call this “job lock,” and it stifles entrepreneurship and mobility, among other things.
We may also know someone who has remained married to the wrong person for the same reason. Call this “marriage lock.”
In my opinion, we should go to a "single payer" model where people pay for their primary care, much the way you might pay for a haircut or an oil change. For more expensive procedures, people should pay for at least some of the cost. Eventually, comparison shopping and the sheer pressure of people choosing to die rather than be bankrupted will force the prices down to a more rational level once again.
"Private insurance is the extraordinary belief that for-profit entities, with profit as their sole motive, will somehow provide good health care for the benefit of all".
But several of these medications are expensive and can be difficult to get if a person doesn't have private drug insurance, said Dr. Kenneth Croitoru, a gastrointestinal specialist and researcher at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital. Although provincial government programs cover the costs of some of these drugs for individuals without private insurance, the programs don't cover some of the drugs that work best in people with IBD.Bear in mind that 2 shots per month is the lowest or maintenance dose for Crohn's.
