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Why seeing your doctor is bad for your ($) health !
Last time I saw my doctor, my exit bill was $385, and my stress level went up and my bank account got another dent in it. Why is that? I called my insurance company (Blue Cross/Blue Shield), and...
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Who’s billing what to your medical insurance?
Ever take a really close look at one of those “EOB”s, or Explanation of Benefits, from your health insurance company? I know it’s not exactly riveting to read, but it could be. Take a look when you...
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Worried about government interference in your healthcare??
We’ve had this ongoing, national discussion for a long, long time, about how we should provide healthcare and basic human needs to every citizen. It’s been going on since FDR, then LBJ. Those guys...
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Survival = Jobs
The other day I was shuffling through some old papers, things I’d written in a different time, in a time when jobs were plentiful. Wow! How things have changed! Reading what I’d written, I could...
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We Are A Community
How selfish we’ve become. This is like junior high/high school “elections”. There’s no such thing as sportsmanship. How often have you seen a successful, respected sportsperson throw down his ball or...
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“Bad” Patient, “Good” Patient
Image via Wikipedia First, I want to say, and emphasize, that most people who become doctors do so because they want to help people. This is especially true, present-day, when compensation, especially...
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Here’s to the Future
Bread lines, soup kitchens, rows of scrapped up cardboard and if you’re lucky, metal scraps, covered (if you’re lucky) with old, holey blankets that should wrap up your babes, stitch them together with...
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Boutique Medicine?
Image via Wikipedia “What do you think of the idea of “boutique medicine?” the medical intern asked me, as I glided my car away from the curb, into the traffic. “Boutique – as in “specialty shop” –...
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