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Breaking Prostate Cancer news
This is heartening: " [T]he new treatment, which involves heating only the tumours with a highly focused ultrasound, will mean men ca...
High Crimes and ObamneyCare©?
Posted by Syaiful | 10:22 AM
Maybe. Alert reader Paul D tips us to this little gem: " The Missouri House thinks the dreaded federal health care reform law is a cr...
And now for the big bucks
Posted by Syaiful | 9:29 AM
It's been a while since we reported on efforts by some of the 58 states to force life insurers to keep better track of their customers ...
Mobile HangoveRx [UPDATED!]
Posted by Syaiful | 9:23 AM
From the "Finding New Health Care Markets" Department: " Dalia ... was one of the first patients on the rollout day of a mo...
PBM = Pharmacy Benefits Merger?
Posted by Syaiful | 5:30 AM
From email: " It was announced on April 2, 2012, that the FTC commissioners, in a 3-to-1 vote, allowed the merger of Express Scripts,...
Going Nude
Posted by Syaiful | 3:47 PM
Can't afford your health insurance premiums? One Florida motel owner has a better idea. The owner of the Fawlty Towers motel in Co...
Maternity Insurance at Costco?
Posted by Syaiful | 11:37 AM
Maternity insurance at Costco? You can buy a 5 pound bag of potato chips, 30 rolls of toilet paper and now in some states you can also buy ...
Another Ethical Conundrum
Posted by Syaiful | 10:30 AM
Every couple of years, we're required to do a remedial "Anti-Money Laundering" (AML) course. Basically, it's to remind us...
More ObamneyCare© Lies
Posted by Syaiful | 7:24 AM
The folks behind ObamneyCare© can't make their case legitimately, so they continue to offer up frauds as exemplars. Latest case in poi...
Health Wonk Review: Shiny Happy edition now up
Posted by Syaiful | 5:56 AM
Jennifer Salopek, blogging at Wing of Zock (which, BTW, would make a great name for a rock band), makes a terrific HWR hosting debut . It...
Get Your Drugs Without a Doc
Posted by Syaiful | 6:17 PM
The FDA is considering allowing us to purchase some commonly used medications without a prescription from a doctor. Medications used for h...
Economics and Consequences
Posted by Syaiful | 12:46 PM
As the economy continues to founder, more and more folks find themselves "underemployed." That is, able to find a job or two, but ...
Shingles Vaccine - Covered by Medicare?
Posted by Syaiful | 9:32 AM
Shingles is a painful. blistering skin rash caused by the varicella-zoster virus. The same virus that causes chicken pox is also responsib...
Speaking of Health Care and Buses...
Posted by Syaiful | 8:52 AM
Following on the (w)heels of Monday's post about mobile hangover care , we have this breast cancer-related item: " An industry kn...
Online Powers
Posted by Syaiful | 5:30 AM
Got an interesting offer in email the other day: " J.D. Power and Associates will release the results of the 2012 Insurance Shopping ...
Helpful Home Hint
Posted by Syaiful | 11:30 AM
If you're one of the many thousands of homeowners looking at Spring as remodeling season, the Insurance Information Institute urges you ...
How it works: Red wine and health
Posted by Syaiful | 10:30 AM
We've reported on the health benefits of red wine before, specifically the role of resveratrol . But here's a more detailed look a...
Obamacare’s biggest problem? It’s small-ball.
Posted by Syaiful | 6:01 AM
Obama is thinking way too small. He needs to venture outside the box. There is a way to provide universal medical insurance for all...
Cavalcade of Risk #156: Short and sweet edition
Posted by Syaiful | 5:48 AM
FMF hosts this week's roundup of the best risk-related posts you'll find anywhere. Do check it out. And a big CavRisk Thank You ...
Introducing STCi
Posted by Syaiful | 5:30 AM
No, that's not a typo: we've written quite extensively on Long Term Care insurance (LTCi), but this is new to us. The major chall...
It Hurts When I Do This
Posted by Syaiful | 1:36 PM
Man walks in to a doctor's office. Holds out his arm and wiggles it around. "Doc, it hurts when I do this". Doc, "Well ...
Buying insurance across state lines - another view
Posted by Syaiful | 1:21 PM
Bob, I think cross-state buying is an idea whose time has come. You make good points in your post today on this subject. Yes, the u...
Making Health Insurance Cheaper
Posted by Syaiful | 11:17 AM
Health insurance will be cheaper once Obamacare is in place. Really? Not happening yet, and guess what. It will never happen. Politicians ...
Friday Morning LinkFest
Posted by Syaiful | 6:30 AM
■ A few weeks ago, we mentioned that Cato Institute director of health policy studies Michael Cannon had fired a volley across the bow of t...
Health Wonk Review at InsureBlog
Posted by Syaiful | 5:30 AM
We're pleased as punch to once again host the Health Wonk Review. Submissions are due by next Wednesday (the 9th), and once again we...
POTUS and SCOTUS on Bizarro World
Posted by Syaiful | 11:00 AM
It's not enough, apparently, that the noted Constitutional Scholar-in-Chief doesn't understand the role of the Judiciary. Doubling d...
Dealing on Health Care
Posted by Syaiful | 7:30 AM
Here's a thought: as we noted as recently as yesterday , government distorts the costs of health care, making it more - not less - expen...
Interesting Medicaid Stat
Posted by Syaiful | 6:16 AM
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, " Medicaid’s per-person costs grew 2.5 percent between 2007 and 2010, significantly slower t...
Medicare and Circumcision
Posted by Syaiful | 5:55 AM
Medicare and circumcision. Now there are two words you don't expect to hear mentioned in the same sentence. THE LONG-RUNNING de...