Panic over drug prices The panic over skyrocketing drug prices is growing exponentially. When it was mainly patients with rare diseases facing obscene price hikes for medicine, many Americans gritted their teeth and looked away, grateful it wasn’t their problem. But now “trickle down” […]
Author: Georgia Brewer
Have you ever accidentally wound up seeing an out-of-network doc only to learn you’re on the hook for the bill? You’re not alone! A 2015 Consumer Reports survey indicated nearly 33% of patients got medical bills they did not expect. According to an August 2016 article […]
One of the biggest challenges faced by American businesses today is the cost of healthcare. You might be wondering why. After all, didn’t the Affordable Care Act fix health care? That’s a fair question and the only honest answer is, “No, it addressed health care but […]
According to an article today in Kaiser Health News, more small and midsized employers are choosing to pay their workers’ medical costs directly rather than buy health insurance for them. By self-insuring, the employers aren’t required to comply with many of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rules for […]
“The tapeworm of the American economy.” Health care has gotten SO bad that even the “healthcare privileged” are pissed off! Yes, those would be the folks who work at Fortune 500 companies. They have the best health insurance in the country. Of course, it’s no secret […]
Join the celebration! Ok, there’s no real celebrating going on this year, but there should be! Because on July 30, 2016, Medicare turns 51 and she’s still going strong! Here’s some background. Medicare is a national public insurance program administered by the federal government. It provides […]
Did you hear about the fracas at the Democratic National Convention Platform Committee meeting regarding Medicare for All? If so, you probably already know they decided against adding it to their platform. Surprising? Not really. Now that we have the Affordable Care Act (ACA), we […]
Day after day, we see black Americans and their children being victimized and shot by police, hunted by vigilantes, suffocated on the sidewalk, and more. According to Mapping Police Violence, in 2015 police killed unarmed black people at 5 times the rate of unarmed white people. […]
