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US Healthcare: What’s Wrong With It?

Posted on 14. Dec, 2009 by admin.

US Healthcare – What’s wrong with it?By Phil Bate PhD
We spend 2-3 times as much on our healthcare as most of the countries that now have   “socialized medicine”.  Yet, every country with socialized medicine has much better overall health statistics.  As a matter fact, we are hovering around 32nd in the world.  Even some “third [...]

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A Few Minor Billing Errors Aren’t Really Going to Matter, Right? Wrong!

Posted on 13. Dec, 2009 by admin.

When undertaking compliance measures, it is not uncommon to hear a physician attempt to justify the presence of billing errors by saying that the far majority of the billing is accurate and that one cannot worry too much about an occasional error here or there. Moreover, it is common to hear physicians say that they [...]

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The New Mr. America: Bankrupt, Diseased and Running Out of Options

Posted on 28. Nov, 2009 by admin.

With a military rifle in one hand and a bottle of prescription medications in the other, the new “Mr. America” is over-fed, under-nourished, over-medicated, over-spent and “over there” (waging war in the Middle East). And soon, with Obama’s new disease care reform proposals, America will find itself destitute and diseased, unable to climb out of [...]

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Medigap Health Insurance Policy is For Your Utmost Heath Benefits

Posted on 25. Nov, 2009 by admin.

It is often seen that the Medicare policy that you are having does not cover for the total bill charged for your medical treatment. Therefore it is a big concern to pay the extra bill that is not covered by the original Medicare policy. To bear the extra cost is not easy. For this reason [...]

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Medicare Supplement Plans: Rules to be Followed

Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by admin.

It is often seen that the Medicare policy that you are having does not cover for the total bill charged for your medical treatment. Now it sometimes becomes a big problem for some people to bear that extra cost. For that very reason here is the Medicare supplement, in other words known as the Medigap [...]

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US Healthcare: What’s Wrong With It?

Posted on 22. Nov, 2009 by admin.

We spend 2-3 times as much on our healthcare as most of the countries that now have   “socialized medicine”.  Yet, every country with socialized medicine has much better overall health statistics.  As a matter fact, we are hovering around 32nd in the world.  Even some “third world” countries are ahead of us.

How can this be?  [...]

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Rules of Medigap Plans

Posted on 21. Nov, 2009 by admin.

The Medicare Supplement Plans or the Medigap policies are supplementary health insurance policies that are sold by the private insurance companies. These policies are not independent policies and are closely related with the Original Medicare. The purpose of the Medicare Supplement Plans is to fill up the gap between the policy coverage of the Original [...]

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A Few Minor Billing Errors Aren’t Really Going to Matter, Right? Wrong!

Posted on 21. Nov, 2009 by admin.

When undertaking compliance measures, it is not uncommon to hear a physician attempt to justify the presence of billing errors by saying that the far majority of the billing is accurate and that one cannot worry too much about an occasional error here or there. Moreover, it is common to hear physicians say that they [...]

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Ireland: a Modern Country With a Third World Health Service

Posted on 08. Nov, 2009 by admin.

This is the story of ‘Rosie” who had to wait seven months, because of a dire Irish Health Service, to see a consultant for bowel cancer.

This brave ladies’ real name was Susie Long and she passed away in October 2007…she really never had a chance because she didn’t have Health Insurance. She left behind two [...]

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