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How Increasing Medicare Age of Eligibility Saves Under Reform
One of the stopgaps in federal spending on healthcare proposed by the…
What are QIOs?
According to the CMS website, Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) are private, mostly…
Spreading the Health Care Cost Pain to the Elderly
Medicare is the ever-growing elephant dragging the country under, so I’m pleased…
Cost of Injection Jumps from $15 to $1,500
The following is from an AP story. See also Merrill Goozner’s comments…
Will There Be Enough PCPs To Treat New Medicaid Patients?
One of the key components of health reform is expanding Medicaid eligibility…
Insurance Companies Get Reprieve on Certain Administrative Rules, Consumer Groups Worry
The Obama administration is delaying the implementation of certain rules under the…
Rare Form of Dwarfism Protects against Cancer, Diabetes
People affected by a rare, inherited form of dwarfism virtually never get…
Thoughts on Geraldine Ferraro, and Myeloma
Like many New Yorkers, feminists?, hematologists and other people, I was saddened…
Doc to Dock Sends Medical Supplies to Those in Need
This is very cool and I was not aware and perhaps this…
