Small hospitals and rural hospitals have always had issues in providing healthcare to those citizens utilizing them. Many citizens lack healthcare insurance due to cost which is one factor. Overhead for having equipment to care for parents is costly. Then there is the issue of manpower to care for patients from nurses on up to […]
I read this in my recent Atlantic magazine subscription. The story about the lack of inoculation with Measles Vaccine is stunning. The results being a child dying. The comments by Robert who hails from an important political family are stunningly false. If you believe what he says, everything said by those who favor vaccines is […]
This guy is Secretary of Health and Human Services. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. RFK Jr.: “If you are healthy, it’s almost impossible for you to be killed by an infectious disease in modern times because we have nutrition, because we have access to medicines. It’s very, very difficult for any infectious […]
Elon Musk wants to make seniors on Social Security suffer Smears, Sadism, and Social Security, Paul Krugman We often think of Social Security as a retirement program, which it is. Most Social Security beneficiaries achieve that status simply by reaching retirement age. The program also helps Americans with disabilities preventing them from working or limit […]
Initially presented at KFF, “Blockbuster Deal Will Wipe Out $30 Billion in Medical Debt. Even Backers Say It’s Not Enough.” Yves Smith also features the same article at Naked Capitalism as of April 8. The discussion is over medical debt. The opinion offered by Yves is such that the buying up of medical debt is […]
If you are not aware, each group bids on the area they will serve. CMS pays them a certain amount. What occurs is over-prescribing the condition of the patient and withholding care. In each case the group providing the car is paid. Both have been going for a long time. The last report detailed over […]
By law, everyone who arrives at emergency departments must be assessed and stabilized, regardless of their ability to pay. This makes EDs, the most expensive form of healthcare, a provider of last resort for the uninsured. Nationally, hospital EDs handle 120-140 million visits each year, and the number of hospital emergency departments is declining, with […]
Gooz News: Vaccine hesitancy’s #1 enabler backs measles shots It would take an Arthur Miller to do full justice to the gothic plot twists in the two deaths from the widening measles outbreak in Texas. Both young girls belonged to a religious community that dresses in black and avoids seeking help from the health care […]
Whenever I see the term “hard”-working Americans, I want to barf. In this case, the author appears to be talking about cuts to people using Medicaid. I do not believe anyone in their right mind would use Medicaid if they could pay for an overpriced ACA healthcare policy. Commercial Healthcare Insurance costs for the average […]
Trump’s tariffs have appalled all right-thinking people. They have also appalled many right wing people. Trump has long since lead us to the strange state of agreeing with Mitch McConnell, but now he has united all but the most servile right against him (unfortunately Trump serfs control Congress and maybe, the Supreme Court). The Wall […]