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Surgery Without Scars
By Dr. Ranit Mishori; Parade ~ Oct 05, 2008
A revolutionary surgical technique allows doctors to remove an appendix or gallblad¬der with virtually no cutting or scars, and minimal pain. Instead of an inci¬sion, the doctor gets to the site through the body’s natural cavities, such as your mouth. You need only light anesthesia, and the faster recovery lets you go home the day of your operation.
13 Things Your Pharmacist Won't Tell You
From Dr. Daniel Zlott, Cindy Coffey, Greg Collins, & Stuart Feldman; Reader's Digest ~ October 2008
What to bear in mind the next time you visit the pharmacy counter.
9 More Things Your Pharmacist Isn't Telling You
Reader’s Digest ~ October 2008
More secrets from behind the drug counter.
Telepharmacy project expands across country
By Dave Kolpack, AP; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ~ Oct 05, 2008
By Arthur, N.D. —- As recently as three years ago, many elderly residents in this part of southeastern North Dakota were forced to order their medications by mail.
These days, customers have a real drugstore and can talk to a real person about their health needs —- albeit via the Internet.
After 12-Year Quest, Domenici's Mental-Health Bill Succeeds
By Sarah Lueck; The Wall Street Journal ~ Oct 04, 2008
WASHINGTON -- In April 1996, Sen. Pete Domenici stood on the floor of the Senate and told colleagues "now is the time" to pass legislation requiring insurance companies to cover mental illnesses just like other medical conditions.
Is Healthcare Armageddon Next? The current credit crisis has some uncomfortable parallels in the finances of medicine
By Bernadine Healy M.D.; US News & World Report ~ Oct 03, 2008 Along with millions of Americans, I've watched the unfolding financial crisis in horror. We hear of impending economic collapse, widespread bankruptcies, and threats of rampant joblessness—what the Washington Post calls financial Armageddon—absent a $700 billion taxpayer bailout.
Million-Dollar Medicines
By Barbara Basler; AARP Bulletin ~ Oct 01, 2008 Jeanne Sather of Seattle, who is fighting metastatic breast cancer, orders her cancer drug, Tykerb, through the mail. Every time the small package arrives with her three-month supply of pills, she says, “I look at that little box, and it’s just hard to believe that I’m holding $10,000 worth of medicine.”
Medicare Stops Paying to Treat Medical Errors
By Kevin Sack; The New York Times ~ Oct 01, 2008 ST. PAUL — If an auto mechanic accidentally breaks your windshield while trying to repair the engine, he would never get away with billing you for fixing his mistake. On Wednesday, Medicare will start applying that logic to American medicine on a broad scale when it stops paying hospitals for the added cost of treating patients who are injured in their care.
Judges Say San Francisco Can Charge Employers for Its Health Plan
By Jesse McKinley; The New York Times ~ Oct 01, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — In a decision that could set the stage for a test of the supremacy of a longstanding federal labor law, a panel of federal judges found Tuesday that San Francisco had the right to charge employers to help pay for its universal health care plan, the first in the nation.
US company health costs up 6 pct in 2009 -- survey
By Bill Berkrot; Reuters ~ Sep 24, 2008 Average U.S. corporate health benefit expenses are expected to rise 6 percent to $9,660 per employee in 2009, according to results of a survey. Read more...
Health insurance costs grow more gradually in 2008
By Kevin Freking, AP; The Des Moines Register ~ Sep 24, 2008 Health insurance premiums rose a modest 5 percent this year for coverage that's getting skimpier, researchers say. The 5 percent increase was comparable to last year's uptick...
Studies Show Strain of Medical Bills
By Reed Abelson; The New York Times ~ Sep 25, 2008 Even as Washington and Wall Street debate the best way to avert an economic meltdown, increasing numbers of Americans are struggling with another financial crisis: the growing burden of unpaid medical bills...
Medco Study: Medicare Coverage Gap Leads to Drop off in Drug Therapy
From PR Newswire; CNNMoney.com ~ Sep 25, 2008 Seniors battling high cholesterol are more likely to stop taking their medications once they reach the Medicare Coverage Gap, a result that may put them at higher risk for heart attack and stroke...
Medicare officials advise seniors to shop around
By Kevin Freking, AP; Daily Camera ~ Sep 25, 2008 Federal health officials encouraged Medicare participants to shop around for their prescription drug coverage next year because it could include significant price increases or changes regarding which drugs the plans will cover...
Medicare Drug Premium on Rise
By Jane Zhang & Vanessa Fuhrmans; The Wall Street Journal ~ Sep 26, 2008 The average premium that seniors will pay for Medicare drug coverage in 2009 will rise, with the average for the 10 most-popular plans increasing 31%, according to an analysis of new government data...
No rise in monthly Medicare premiums for 2009
By Kevin Freking, AP; The Cincinnati Enquirer ~ Sep 19, 2008 The monthly premium for the vast majority of the elderly and disabled participating in Medicare will hold steady at $96.40 next year. It's the first time since 2000 that the charge for health coverage is not increasing...
Reader’s Digest ~ October 2008
More secrets from behind the drug counter.
Telepharmacy project expands across country
By Dave Kolpack, AP; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ~ Oct 05, 2008
By Arthur, N.D. —- As recently as three years ago, many elderly residents in this part of southeastern North Dakota were forced to order their medications by mail.
These days, customers have a real drugstore and can talk to a real person about their health needs —- albeit via the Internet.
After 12-Year Quest, Domenici's Mental-Health Bill Succeeds
By Sarah Lueck; The Wall Street Journal ~ Oct 04, 2008
WASHINGTON -- In April 1996, Sen. Pete Domenici stood on the floor of the Senate and told colleagues "now is the time" to pass legislation requiring insurance companies to cover mental illnesses just like other medical conditions.
Is Healthcare Armageddon Next? The current credit crisis has some uncomfortable parallels in the finances of medicine
By Bernadine Healy M.D.; US News & World Report ~ Oct 03, 2008 Along with millions of Americans, I've watched the unfolding financial crisis in horror. We hear of impending economic collapse, widespread bankruptcies, and threats of rampant joblessness—what the Washington Post calls financial Armageddon—absent a $700 billion taxpayer bailout.
Million-Dollar Medicines
By Barbara Basler; AARP Bulletin ~ Oct 01, 2008 Jeanne Sather of Seattle, who is fighting metastatic breast cancer, orders her cancer drug, Tykerb, through the mail. Every time the small package arrives with her three-month supply of pills, she says, “I look at that little box, and it’s just hard to believe that I’m holding $10,000 worth of medicine.”
Medicare Stops Paying to Treat Medical Errors
By Kevin Sack; The New York Times ~ Oct 01, 2008 ST. PAUL — If an auto mechanic accidentally breaks your windshield while trying to repair the engine, he would never get away with billing you for fixing his mistake. On Wednesday, Medicare will start applying that logic to American medicine on a broad scale when it stops paying hospitals for the added cost of treating patients who are injured in their care.
Judges Say San Francisco Can Charge Employers for Its Health Plan
By Jesse McKinley; The New York Times ~ Oct 01, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — In a decision that could set the stage for a test of the supremacy of a longstanding federal labor law, a panel of federal judges found Tuesday that San Francisco had the right to charge employers to help pay for its universal health care plan, the first in the nation.
US company health costs up 6 pct in 2009 -- survey
By Bill Berkrot; Reuters ~ Sep 24, 2008 Average U.S. corporate health benefit expenses are expected to rise 6 percent to $9,660 per employee in 2009, according to results of a survey. Read more...
Health insurance costs grow more gradually in 2008
By Kevin Freking, AP; The Des Moines Register ~ Sep 24, 2008 Health insurance premiums rose a modest 5 percent this year for coverage that's getting skimpier, researchers say. The 5 percent increase was comparable to last year's uptick...
Studies Show Strain of Medical Bills
By Reed Abelson; The New York Times ~ Sep 25, 2008 Even as Washington and Wall Street debate the best way to avert an economic meltdown, increasing numbers of Americans are struggling with another financial crisis: the growing burden of unpaid medical bills...
Medco Study: Medicare Coverage Gap Leads to Drop off in Drug Therapy
From PR Newswire; CNNMoney.com ~ Sep 25, 2008 Seniors battling high cholesterol are more likely to stop taking their medications once they reach the Medicare Coverage Gap, a result that may put them at higher risk for heart attack and stroke...
Medicare officials advise seniors to shop around
By Kevin Freking, AP; Daily Camera ~ Sep 25, 2008 Federal health officials encouraged Medicare participants to shop around for their prescription drug coverage next year because it could include significant price increases or changes regarding which drugs the plans will cover...
Medicare Drug Premium on Rise
By Jane Zhang & Vanessa Fuhrmans; The Wall Street Journal ~ Sep 26, 2008 The average premium that seniors will pay for Medicare drug coverage in 2009 will rise, with the average for the 10 most-popular plans increasing 31%, according to an analysis of new government data...
No rise in monthly Medicare premiums for 2009
By Kevin Freking, AP; The Cincinnati Enquirer ~ Sep 19, 2008 The monthly premium for the vast majority of the elderly and disabled participating in Medicare will hold steady at $96.40 next year. It's the first time since 2000 that the charge for health coverage is not increasing...
By Sarah Lueck; The Wall Street Journal ~ Oct 04, 2008
WASHINGTON -- In April 1996, Sen. Pete Domenici stood on the floor of the Senate and told colleagues "now is the time" to pass legislation requiring insurance companies to cover mental illnesses just like other medical conditions.
Is Healthcare Armageddon Next? The current credit crisis has some uncomfortable parallels in the finances of medicine
By Bernadine Healy M.D.; US News & World Report ~ Oct 03, 2008 Along with millions of Americans, I've watched the unfolding financial crisis in horror. We hear of impending economic collapse, widespread bankruptcies, and threats of rampant joblessness—what the Washington Post calls financial Armageddon—absent a $700 billion taxpayer bailout.
Million-Dollar Medicines
By Barbara Basler; AARP Bulletin ~ Oct 01, 2008 Jeanne Sather of Seattle, who is fighting metastatic breast cancer, orders her cancer drug, Tykerb, through the mail. Every time the small package arrives with her three-month supply of pills, she says, “I look at that little box, and it’s just hard to believe that I’m holding $10,000 worth of medicine.”
Medicare Stops Paying to Treat Medical Errors
By Kevin Sack; The New York Times ~ Oct 01, 2008 ST. PAUL — If an auto mechanic accidentally breaks your windshield while trying to repair the engine, he would never get away with billing you for fixing his mistake. On Wednesday, Medicare will start applying that logic to American medicine on a broad scale when it stops paying hospitals for the added cost of treating patients who are injured in their care.
Judges Say San Francisco Can Charge Employers for Its Health Plan
By Jesse McKinley; The New York Times ~ Oct 01, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — In a decision that could set the stage for a test of the supremacy of a longstanding federal labor law, a panel of federal judges found Tuesday that San Francisco had the right to charge employers to help pay for its universal health care plan, the first in the nation.
US company health costs up 6 pct in 2009 -- survey
By Bill Berkrot; Reuters ~ Sep 24, 2008 Average U.S. corporate health benefit expenses are expected to rise 6 percent to $9,660 per employee in 2009, according to results of a survey. Read more...
Health insurance costs grow more gradually in 2008
By Kevin Freking, AP; The Des Moines Register ~ Sep 24, 2008 Health insurance premiums rose a modest 5 percent this year for coverage that's getting skimpier, researchers say. The 5 percent increase was comparable to last year's uptick...
Studies Show Strain of Medical Bills
By Reed Abelson; The New York Times ~ Sep 25, 2008 Even as Washington and Wall Street debate the best way to avert an economic meltdown, increasing numbers of Americans are struggling with another financial crisis: the growing burden of unpaid medical bills...
Medco Study: Medicare Coverage Gap Leads to Drop off in Drug Therapy
From PR Newswire; CNNMoney.com ~ Sep 25, 2008 Seniors battling high cholesterol are more likely to stop taking their medications once they reach the Medicare Coverage Gap, a result that may put them at higher risk for heart attack and stroke...
Medicare officials advise seniors to shop around
By Kevin Freking, AP; Daily Camera ~ Sep 25, 2008 Federal health officials encouraged Medicare participants to shop around for their prescription drug coverage next year because it could include significant price increases or changes regarding which drugs the plans will cover...
Medicare Drug Premium on Rise
By Jane Zhang & Vanessa Fuhrmans; The Wall Street Journal ~ Sep 26, 2008 The average premium that seniors will pay for Medicare drug coverage in 2009 will rise, with the average for the 10 most-popular plans increasing 31%, according to an analysis of new government data...
No rise in monthly Medicare premiums for 2009
By Kevin Freking, AP; The Cincinnati Enquirer ~ Sep 19, 2008 The monthly premium for the vast majority of the elderly and disabled participating in Medicare will hold steady at $96.40 next year. It's the first time since 2000 that the charge for health coverage is not increasing...
By Barbara Basler; AARP Bulletin ~ Oct 01, 2008
Jeanne Sather of Seattle, who is fighting metastatic breast cancer, orders her cancer drug, Tykerb, through the mail. Every time the small package arrives with her three-month supply of pills, she says, “I look at that little box, and it’s just hard to believe that I’m holding $10,000 worth of medicine.”
By Kevin Sack; The New York Times ~ Oct 01, 2008
ST. PAUL — If an auto mechanic accidentally breaks your windshield while trying to repair the engine, he would never get away with billing you for fixing his mistake. On Wednesday, Medicare will start applying that logic to American medicine on a broad scale when it stops paying hospitals for the added cost of treating patients who are injured in their care.
By Jesse McKinley; The New York Times ~ Oct 01, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — In a decision that could set the stage for a test of the supremacy of a longstanding federal labor law, a panel of federal judges found Tuesday that San Francisco had the right to charge employers to help pay for its universal health care plan, the first in the nation.
By Bill Berkrot; Reuters ~ Sep 24, 2008
Average U.S. corporate health benefit expenses are expected to rise 6 percent to $9,660 per employee in 2009, according to results of a survey. Read more...
By Kevin Freking, AP; The Des Moines Register ~ Sep 24, 2008
Health insurance premiums rose a modest 5 percent this year for coverage that's getting skimpier, researchers say. The 5 percent increase was comparable to last year's uptick...
By Reed Abelson; The New York Times ~ Sep 25, 2008
Even as Washington and Wall Street debate the best way to avert an economic meltdown, increasing numbers of Americans are struggling with another financial crisis: the growing burden of unpaid medical bills...
From PR Newswire; CNNMoney.com ~ Sep 25, 2008
Seniors battling high cholesterol are more likely to stop taking their medications once they reach the Medicare Coverage Gap, a result that may put them at higher risk for heart attack and stroke...
By Kevin Freking, AP; Daily Camera ~ Sep 25, 2008
Federal health officials encouraged Medicare participants to shop around for their prescription drug coverage next year because it could include significant price increases or changes regarding which drugs the plans will cover...
By Jane Zhang & Vanessa Fuhrmans; The Wall Street Journal ~ Sep 26, 2008
The average premium that seniors will pay for Medicare drug coverage in 2009 will rise, with the average for the 10 most-popular plans increasing 31%, according to an analysis of new government data...
By Kevin Freking, AP; The Cincinnati Enquirer ~ Sep 19, 2008
The monthly premium for the vast majority of the elderly and disabled participating in Medicare will hold steady at $96.40 next year. It's the first time since 2000 that the charge for health coverage is not increasing...