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New Rules Thursday On Appealing Insurance Claims, States Take Lead In Health Reform Implementation (KHN)

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010


MediNewsDigest: ALL well and well intentionned maybe, but, quoting KHN:
“…Now, state and federal officials are wrestling with how to define “unreasonable” premium increases, a thorny issue Congress has handed regulators…”
Now the real discussions are coming, past the Obama PR….

MediNewsDigest:: This is the link to Politico about the power of the state insurance commisioners now.
state power, any republican happy? or just closed door wranglings…

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Sea to Shining Sea’s cross-country bike trip raises money and awareness (washingtonpost)

Thursday, July 15th, 2010


MediNewsDigest: Another example of the will strength of many disabled people. Oh yes, they are also veterans…

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Medicare Portal : Medicare.gov Site Updates

Thursday, July 15th, 2010


MediNewsDigest: Update on useful site covering the whole gamut of Medicare help:
Dialysis Facility Compare May 20, 2010
Helpful Contacts June 23, 2010
Home Health Compare April 15, 2010
Hospital Compare March 18, 2010
Medicare Options Compare July 15, 2010
Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder July 15, 2010
Nursing Home Compare June 23, 2010
Physician and Other Healthcare Professional Directory May 13, 2010
Supplier Directory
Click Here for link to the medicare portal. Worth checking out…
A note on the services covered partially or full: Medicare wants you to go through institutions, which is the costly,red tape/union ladden way, even if you could private contractors. This is particularly apparent in the Home Health where services

MediNewsDigest: The following list to caregiverlist show the extent of agencies’ overhead

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Abortion and the HHS Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Policy

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010


MediNewsDigest::quoting:
“.. abortions will not be covered in the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) except in the cases of rape or incest, or where the life of the woman would be endangered…”
So no free ride for the abortion industry….whew!
Let us use that money to heal illnesses: babies are not to be treated like growing tumors….

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2010 National Veterans Wheelchair Games: Kid’s Day

Monday, July 12th, 2010


MediNewsDigest:: 100% win-win! What a blast for the injured vet to see that he still have a lot to give, what for the kid to see couragous grown ups with similar issues!

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VA Makes Access to Health Care & Benefits Easier for Veterans with PTSD

Monday, July 12th, 2010


MediNewsDigest: Less red tape for veterans….
But can a veteran(s) post comment(s) about this news and tell us civilians what stressor not related to fear of hostile military or terrorist activity could cause PTSD? What are we missing here? CLICK HERE for link to government link

MediNewsDigest:: The answer could lie in the baycitizen blog:
quoting:
“…the VA no longer would have to provide proof that they had been part of a specific traumatic even in order to get benefits…”
Which means that the grind of daily combat zone could bring PTSD, without one specific traumatic episode. Makes sense. CLICK HERE for link to blog

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New Health and Human Service (HHS) tool to compare hospitals

Thursday, July 8th, 2010


MediNewsDigest: A very intestesting tool to compare hospitals nationwide. California did not come out so hot…..

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Comments on “pricey lung disease drugs have no benefit: study (Reuters)”

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010


MediNewsDigest: Where were the watch dog agencies on this?
 Here is the FDA authorizing the drug. The FDA needs to respond to the british findings if it does not want to be accused of negligence, or worse: connivance with Big Pharma.

MediNewsDigest: : Here is the Cochrane review with negative recommendation

MediNewsDigest: : Finally some background ecommendations by the American Thoracic society about chronic lung disease. Note that Alpha1 and COPD seems to be associated.

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The Euthanasia Drumbeat Gets Louder (AmericanThinker)

Monday, July 5th, 2010


MediNewsDigest: The hate of normative religions ( particularly the judeo-christian heritage) is embraced wholeheartedly by the left leaning, liberal thinking, academics of the west. The result is a society on it’s way to depravity. Such a society is getting ripe for the picking by ferocious zealots…

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Government Launches New Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (WSJ)

Thursday, July 1st, 2010


MediNewsDigest:: Better get positionned, because there might not be enough money to cover the ambitious plan. CLICK Here for link to Wall Street Journal article

MediNewsDigest:: CLICK Here for the Government website
Readers know we have serious misgivings about the Obama plan. But we welcome the pre-existing condition insurance plan in principle, who wouldn’t?

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