ObamneyCare© and The 1rst Amendment: UHC Clarifies

Posted by | 1:35 PM
In a pair of emails, United HealthCare helpfully clears up any, um, misconceptions about how HHS Secretary Shecantbeserious is moving forwar...

Fix Medicare

Posted by | 11:32 AM
A majority of Americans believe Medicare is broken and needs to be fixed. A recent survey revealed 83% of Americans felt this way and 51% s...

Patient Assistance Programs

Posted by | 11:00 AM
Patient Assistant Programs (PAP's) have been around for some time. If you have trouble paying for your prescription medication, you sho...

Cavalcade of Risk #156: Call for submissions

Posted by | 5:30 AM
FMF hosts next week's CavRisk. Entries are due by Monday (the 30th). To submit your risk-related post, just click here to email it . ...

Thanks Of A Grateful Nation

Posted by | 10:14 AM
The Wall Street Journal reported today, April 27 , the estimated amounts of overall 2011 premium rebates required by Health Care Refo...

Capitation, Rationing, The Rain, The Park, and Other Things

Posted by | 10:13 AM
Kelley Beloff recently published an important and fact-filled post on physician reimbursement : specifically, fee-for-service vs. cap...

Why preventive care should not be covered

Posted by | 10:13 AM
There was an interesting article in Friday's Plain Dealer regarding lung cancer screening. The real gem though was an indisputable examp...