A $21,000 for antacid: Why hospitals can charge the uninsured rid

http://newsdoors.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-21000-for-antacid-why-hospitals-can.html 1. Routine Care, Unforgettable Bills When Sean Recchi, a 42-year-old from Lancaster, Ohio, was told last March that he had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, his wife Stephanie knew she had to get...

'Healthcare for Sale' in Spain as Nation's Doctors Protest

'Healthcare for Sale' in Spain as Nation's Doctors Protest Thousands march in the streets of Madrid against privatization plan - Lauren McCauley, staff writer (Photo: Juan Medina/ Reuters)   Thousands of Spanish medical...

Apology to future generations of Americans for Obamacare (1 of 2)

(Sorry, I was unable to get this article to all 300 blogs and Social sites that I wanted to before the end of the 4th of July Weekend due to health and other issues) This 4th of July and 4th of July weekend,...

Republicans Unveil a Do-It-Yourself Healthcare Plan

Washington DC - Desperate to take the lead in the nation’s never-ending healthcare debate, Congressional Republicans are massing behind an initiative that would provide all Americans with a do-it-yourself...

Supreme Court upheld Obamacare by a 5-4 decision

The Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling, upheld President Obama's health care reform, including the controversial requirement that all Americans have health insurance. The court's judgment will allow the law to go forward with its aim of covering more than 30 million...

For kids’ sake, close the gap

For kids’ sakes This is an instance that illustrates the vast gap in the healthcare for all Americans with special focus on children. 30% leave the children facing life threatening illness are left out of...

A remarkable success by Santorum – a devastating night Romney

Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum claimed a remarkable trifecta of wins and massive surge of momentum by sweeping Mitt Romney in all three contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. Santorum’s victories are all the more remarkable considering Romney’s...

Gingrich on healthcare

First, you can make a lot of money working in this sector. Second, solutions sound a lot like Obama’s. “The health center advocated, among other things, requiring that “anyone who earns more than $50,000 a...

Swallowing the medicine depends on who prescribed it

Dr. Democrat tried to get Americans to swallow healthcare reform. Before they could get their prescriptions filled, Republicans blocked the road to the pharmacy and the hospital. Now, Dr. Republican is proposing a...

Something more important than the Supreme Court on Obamacare

How much does it cost? The Court’s judgment about the legality of certain requirements in the healthcare law is essential and its views will affect future legislation and action no doubt. But today, I watched...

Obama asks Supreme Court to sort out Obamacare

Ruling please Feeling that lower courts delivered deficient findings, Obama is advancing his healthcare legislation on appeal to the Supreme Court. The outcome should provide more definitive guidance for future...

Socialized services work: healthcare

The outcome is affordable healthcare for all Americans and all Americans will pay for that.Healthcare, under the Obama approach, is a shared service, administered centrally through dispersed local channels,...

disaster mitigation

a·me·lio·rate/əˈmēlyəˌrāt/ Verb: Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better. mit·i·gate/ˈmitəˌgāt/Verb 1. Make less severe, serious, or painful: "he wanted to mitigate misery in the world". 2. Lessen the gravity of (an offense or mistake). These are the...

Arrest me, I need healthcare

The new American way This is so pathetic. A man needs healthcare but he is out of work and has no insurance. He robbed a bank for $1 so he would be arrested and so he could request medical care while in jail....

Kidney cancer patients beaten by medicine bill

It is very hard to keep hope when you have been diagnosed with cancer. It happened to me. My blood pressure was sky high. I was diagnosed with hypertension. I took blood pressure medicine, though it was very hard...

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