Dec 8th, 2010
Two of the most famous figures in all of American history that have come forward into the world stage for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is Lou Gehrig and Stephen Hawking. In 1939 when Lou Gehrig, a famous New York Yankee player was first diagnosed with the disease, it became the buzz of the health insurance […]
Dec 7th, 2010
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS has long been called Lou Gehrig’s disease because he was the first notable baseball player to step forward and announce his disease when he gave his speech for the last time at the baseball field. This is an issue for the medical health care community and the joint efforts of […]
Dec 7th, 2010
There have been many advocacy groups that have applauded the issuance of the new health care reform bill until they began to read the final print of the over two thousand pages. Some of the advocacy groups are: 1. National Multiple Sclerosis Society 2. The American College of Rheumatology 3. The American Diabetes Association There […]
Dec 6th, 2010
Special needs children will have many provisional avenues for applying and receiving medical health insurance and ultimately, affordable health insurance through the family members providing long-term care. It has been a long time coming, because these special needs children have been pushed aside as long as society has existed. Granted, the new health care reform […]
Dec 6th, 2010
How well will health care be for those individuals suffering with chronic care? Under the new health care reform bill, will there be a benefit for those individuals who require the expertise of medical health care physicians? Will these individuals continue to be pushed aside because they lack the necessary monetary funds to pay for […]
Dec 3rd, 2010
Mental illness is one malady that has been around since the beginning of time and taken many journeys through many populations. Yet, it is the one illness that seems to have stumped the medical health care community since the inception of medical practice. There are millions of individuals who suffer from one form or another, […]
Dec 3rd, 2010
Will we the people continue to have consumer protections once this new health care reform completely takes over as the law of the land? Is the free will of the American people being thwarted and reduced even more with the new mandate? Would it not be better to scrap the entire health care bill and […]
Dec 2nd, 2010
There are so many individuals today who are underinsured or uninsured that it leaves a void on what will happen with long-term health care. There is an unusually high number of individuals who are just beginning to enter the senior citizen role in this country. The various health insurance providers are searching for newer and […]
Dec 2nd, 2010
Mental illness strikes many individuals during the course of their life. Some are severely affected, while other individuals are affected mildly. Though initially the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act was passed in 2008, the health insurance providers were aware it was not expected to become effective until October of 2009. This opened up […]
Dec 1st, 2010
All the talk about passing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to help bring down the cost of health care and it seems to be moving in the opposite direction. Employers are becoming very uneasy with the substantial rise in health insurance premiums and are not sure how to handle this arising situation. Employees […]