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Majority of debtors to US hospitals now people with health …

WebI believe health care costs will put enormous financial strains on most OECD nations unless and until the general population become more accountable for their health status. This means eating better and exercising more. The rapidity by which populations are growing fatter is going to cause a decline in health service quality globally.

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Health insurance paid "Food as Medicine"

WebSaying that “the U.S. health care system may get in the way” is typical N.Y. Times negativity – edginess is supposed to capture more eyeballs. But that’s nonsense since the health care system has nothing to do with whether a person exercises. Healthy food isn’t free – and some people need coaching. Not everyone is a self-starter.

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Public Health vs USA Health

WebIt is the final layer of modern Public Health where we are a disaster – easily accessible very local public health clinics that take care of the 90% or so of all health issues that are readily treated, and the use of that setting to keep track of problems and potential epidemics and that CRUCIALLY provide the education of the public as to

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Medical outpatient

WebIt’s a completely different story if you’re pre-age-65 and paying the unlimited price gouging rates that come with for- profit health insurance. Adding a $300 facilty fee to a $400 office visit when you haven’t reached your $7,000 deductible for …

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Food-As-Medicine program

WebEffect of an Intensive Food-as-Medicine Program on Health and Health Care Use. This randomized clinical trial examines whether an intensive food-as-medicine program can improve glycemic control and engagement with preventive health care compared with usual care among adults with diabetes and food insecurity. Doyle et al. Question Among …

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How employees choose their health insurance plans

WebTwo economists got access to a large data set on Fortune 500 Alcoa’s employee health insurance choices from the menu of plans offered by HR. This gives me new insight into how 50% of retirees are now in Medicare Advantage. {LOL} Note: The “financially dominated plan” mentioned in the abstract below is the one with a low …

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ACA Premium Tax Credit at 8.5% AGI

WebExplaining Health Care Reform: Questions About Health Insurance Subsidies | KFF “The premium tax credit works by limiting the amount an individual must contribute toward the premium for the “benchmark” plan – or the second-lowest cost silver plan available to the individual in their Marketplace. This “required individual contribution” …

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Obamacare Repeal

Web… as a bulwark against for-profit health insurers and Private Equity. Of course, the vast majority of politicians on both sides of the aisle are already bought & paid for by the insurance industry. {{ This presidential election marks the first in more than a decade in which no GOP candidates are pledging to eviscerate the landmark Affordable …

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Mergers & monopolies in health care --> higher prices

WebUndoing Health System Monopolies May Be a Lost Cause By Elisabeth Rosenthal, The New York Times, July 25, 2023 … After decades of unchecked mergers, health care is the land of giants, with one or two huge medical systems monopolizing care top-to-bottom in many cities, states and even whole regions of the country. Reams of …

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Possible to follow all the expert health advice about eating, …

WebOver the past couple of decades I’ve spent a lot of time trying to get my health back. The rat race contributed to my problems with back and heart problems. Once I exited the rat race I had time to heal myself. It was mostly by learning to eat right. Once the Food Pyramid was discredited two principal schools emerged, Low Fat and Low Carb …

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The problems with healthcare in the US

WebProblems with health care pop up here on a regular basis. Here is an entertaining and informative series of short videos made by an actual MD highlighting some of the problems. –Peter

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Reintroducing Hims & Hers Health (HIMS)

WebIt’s been a few years since there was a thread on HIMS and I believe this company has turned a corner in their growth story having reached GAAP profitability in the last quarter. A number of other metrics such as revenue, Adj EBITDA, payback period, and gross margin are improving. Starting with what they do, they are a tele-health provider …

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Improve health care

WebA poorly kept secret in medicine is that female doctors on average provide better patient care than their male counterparts. This is summarized for the general public here: Do women make better physicians? | MDLinx And has been quantified for medicare patients here: “…patients treated by female physicians had significantly lower mortality …

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Rich countries recruit nurses

Web**Rich Countries Lure Health Workers From Low-Income Nations to Fight Shortages** **Huge pay incentives and immigration fast-tracks are leading many to leave countries whose health systems urgently need their expertise.** **By Stephanie Nolen, The New York Times, Jan. 24, 2022** **** **Canada is among numerous wealthy nations, …

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Walmart closing all its health clinics AND virtual health services

WebWalmart had made a big push into health care in recent years, opening clinics next to its superstores that offered primary and urgent care, labs, X-rays, behavioral health and dental work — Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri and Texas. Florida, Georgia, and Texas have not expanded Medicaid.

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Questions about Medicare Part D

WebMaybe someone can explain a few questions I have. A couple years ago, I turned 65 and signed up for the Medicare supplemental and Medicare Part D (prescription drug plans). I wanted to have the same coverage as my spouse, who is a little older, but apparently whomever I talked to on the phone, ignored me and signed me up for “their” …

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More info on Mary Lou Retton's tragic health insurance story

Web… apparently Mary Lou was uninsured while residing in a 6-bedroom, 6-bath, 9,000 SF Houston, TX mansion with a swimming pool. That daughter with the GoFundMe campaign is starting to look like a grifter to me. {{ LOL }} Also this tragic story points out the inequities of America’s health care system. Health insurance was expensive for Mary …

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ObamaCare Turns Out to Be Affordable Only for the Healthy

WebThe health plans that colleges required students to get were the worst. Some only spent 5% of premiums collected on actual medical care. The rest went to overhead & profit, and I suppose a big kickback to the …

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When are we coming after "junk health supplements"

WebUp until 1994, health supplements were regulated just like any other drug. The quack health supplement industry was centered in the State of Utah and Senator Orrin Hatch collected millions of dollars in campaign contributions to champion the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 which loosened regulations and treated …

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Market Health Tracking

WebMarket Health Tracking - Technical Trader's Sanctuary - Motley Fool Community. Investing Strategies Technical Trader's Sanctuary. PuddinHead42 April 5, 2024, 1:00am 1. Today the market had a very ugly reversal. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite, up 0.9% and 1.2%, respectively, in midday trading, finished with losses of 1.2% and …

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3M health care spin-off: set up to fail

WebLast summer, the same day that 3M declared the fully consolidated division that made the ear plugs BK, in an attempt to duck liability, the company also announced the spinoff of it’s health care division, which will be loaded with debt, net leverage of 3.0-3.5 x EBITA. In the announcement, 3M said “3M will retain responsibility for non

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How for-profit health insurers skim and scam you by screwing …

WebA little-known data firm helps health insurers make more when less of an out-of-network claim gets paid. Patients can be on the hook for the difference. intercst. 4 Likes. AlphaWolf April 7, 2024, 10:28pm 2. Forget film-flam, this is a skim-scam. Universal healthcare. Spend the money on medical care, not the CEO’s retirement plan.

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