health care issues

My best mate wakes up at the start of this month with a sudden & tender lump having appeared on his neck overnight. Off to doctor next morning. Sent for ultrasound scan the next day. Results that day show further investigation is required. Needle biopsy a few days later, but a couple of days...

See the title. But, specifically, the thing that is so awful about it is employer provided health insurance. That is just the dumbest thing in the world. Is there any other nation where that's considered normal? People, especially conservatives, complain that they don't want government to...

Mom blames healthcare system after her son went blind from diet comprised of french fries and Pringles https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mom-blames-healthcare-system-her-204000918.html Surprising to see this in a developed country. If the doctor knew the kid was not eating right, then perhaps a...

Mom blames healthcare system after her son went blind from diet comprised of french fries and Pringles Of course if you are going to feed your children crap, just make sure they get plenty of vitamins.. I see it as a simple case of child abuse..

Yes, the opioid crisis is bad. I've lost family members to overdoses. That said I think we are now terribly overreacting. Twice in the last few months I've had family members get surgery, back and heart, and get sent home with nothing but Tylenol. The hospital has a new policy to not allow any...

I guess it being put back on the front page of the news is a good enough reason to start a general discussion thread about it. For context right now America is a pretty big upward trend of deaths due to overdose deaths from opioids, usually legally (if arguably overly) prescribed for treatment...

I'm starting this thread on a huge topic because it keeps getting brought up in the painful process of passing a hopefully halfway decent health-care bill. Here is my main question, and it's medical, not political: If billions are dedicated solely to treatment for opioid dependency, what does...

For the benefit of non-UK posters, the story of baby Charlie Gard has been a regular but increasingly weary feature of the news here for the last nine months or so. Born with mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, he has been subject to a protracted legal battle between the parents - who want to...

However is this possible??? :boggled: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-hospital-instrument-left-inside-patient-sylvie-dube-1.4181278 Canadian hospitals need to step up :what:

The previous thread was getting slow and generating duplicates, so here is a continuation. As is usual the split point was arbitrary and participants can copy and paste from the previous thread to address points raised therein. You're kidding, right? Their goal is to reduce taxes. They are...

Seriously, I have figured it out. It took me a year in grad school, but if you want, I'll help you set up a 501(c)(3) that operates as a non-profit health care savings cooperative, for your hospital district. The model I developed for my district requires enlistees to pay a marketplace average...

Hello, all. My friend Terry and I have been working on a proposed single-payor health insurance plan. This plan is designed to cover all Americans, from cradle to grave, soup to nuts, whatever you want to call it. This is a work in progress at this point; stay tuned for future updates. We...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-obamacare-idUSKBN15005C The ACA requires you have health insurance. Remember the cries of "SOCIALISM!" Looks like Mr. Trump might be a socialist as well. Trump vows 'insurance for everybody' in replacing Obamacare. "“We’re going to have insurance...

Karen's rate for next year will be going up what appears to be 40%: That's for her Bronze Plan in GA, and includes a bit of a subsidy. Without that subsidy, it would have been $723.56. I'm already on Medicare, so not directly affected. Still, a bit of a hit to our discretionary spending.

This is a split thread from the Brexit-focused Now What? thread. I don't like the way the junior doctors are new being provoked into going private, or encouraged to emigrate, by the government causing NHS strikes. It's not good human relations. The same sort of thing happened a few years ago...

No way does that have anything to do with the Republican trash that run the state. :rolleyes: They are the pro life party! :rolleyes: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/20/texas-maternal-mortality-rate-health-clinics-funding

Well, in 2018 at least. Unlike laws which try to restrict access to contraceptive healthcare, Maryland is apparently leading the charge to make ALL birth control, not just a particular brand or type approved by an insurance company, free to everyone. Called the Maryland Contraceptive Equity...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2015/09/18/company-hikes-price-5000-drug-fights-complication-aids-cancer-daraprim/32563749/ Turing Pharmaceuticals bought the rights to Daraprim, a drug that treats toxoplasmosis, and as a result, a treatment for a common parasite that attacks people...

It's on Australian TV again, saw it years ago. How close is it to the truth?

5 years later, ‘Obamacare’ critics can’t believe their lying eyes 10 failed predictions to enjoy. :D

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/23/health/veterans-dying-health-care-delays/ Some patients appear to have been waiting for a primary care physician since before Obama was president? The level of disgusting that stoops to is, well, I really can't use words that they permit here. It was hidden from...

Thanks Obama.

But not where they were expected. The "Death panels" are the Republican governers and legislatures that opted out of Medicaid expansion: Full article: http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2014/01/30/opting-out-of-medicaid-expansion-the-health-and-financial-impacts/ Well, at least it is only the...

Ezra Klein summarizes some things:

What a doofus.

Unexpected Health Insurance Rate Shock-California Obamacare Insurance Exchange Announces Premium Rates I wonder when the GOP will stop voting to end it?

Damn, this is scary. All for Medicare dollars. Chicago Hospital Accused of Cutting Throats for $160,000

http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/06/05/dying-girls-desperate-parents-sue-secy-sebelius-over-transplant-policy/ "A little girl with just weeks to live may have been given a second chance on Wednesday, after a federal judge told Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to hold off on...

Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us (link is to the "printable" version) It's not a light-weight article: at nearly 25,000 words, it gives a detailed reckoning of the endemic problems in the US health care system as it's currently constituted: large bills for routine care and...

Medicare Has Controlled Costs Better Than Private Insurance Medicare Has Lower Administrative Costs Than Private Plans. So-called “competition” in the private health care market has driven costs up. Medicare Is Publicly Accountable, Private Plans Are Not...