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Cancelling Your Policy
/by Pete BurnsAccording to CNN and the NPR podcast on This American Life, health insurance companies have saved over $300,000,000 in the last 5 years by rescinding policies purchased by their sickest customers. That is a huge savings to the insurance industry and a cruel burden to the ex post facto uninsured consumer. By waiting until after […]
Go See Food, Inc. Now
/by Pete MackeyMy wife and I went to see the new documentary Food, Inc. last night at the Crescent Theater downtown. Wow! This film brings to light the growing problem with our food supply and its domination by a very few companies. There is a lot of information to process here, but the bottom line is that […]
Health Care Insurance From an Insider’s View
/by Pete BurnsBill Moyers’ half hour interview with Wendell Potter, formerly head of PR for Cigna helps shed light on the health care debate. Potter is the guy who quit his high profile job at CIGNA because he could no longer stomach what he was being asked to defend. Reminds me of the tobacco executives. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07102009/watch2.html Potter’s […]
Fireworks Season and Safety
/by Billy CunninghamWe are getting ready to celebrate our nation’s birthday. we often do it with fireworks- dangerous fireworks. Last year there were some 9,800 injuries from fireworks. The American Pyrotechnics Association reports that injuries from the use of fireworks have decreased from 38.3 injuries per 100,000 pounds of fireworks in 1976 to 3.7 injuries in 2008. […]
This is a guest blog from a MD friend
/by Pete BurnsHospital reimbursement is a mysterious beast. With Medicaid, Medicare and BCBS, the hospital fills out a report that details their expenses. These reimbursing entities then evaluate cost for the hospitals and arrive at a per diem rate for patients. That means that hospitals that spend the least will be reimbursed the least. With a non-profit […]