Posts tagged health care

• Reforming Health Care from Inside (Part II)

  David Mittleman | June 13, 2009 7:51 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Yesterday I wrote about the current state of the American health care system and the dangerous effects of its volume-based capitation method of compensating providers. Today I wanted to discuss the...

• Reforming Health Care from Inside (Part I)

  David Mittleman | June 12, 2009 7:47 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  At times, it seems like the American health care industry is irreparably broken. The cost of care is skyrocketing, and access to treatment is becoming more and more difficult. At every turn, the...

• Don't Believe the Hype that Affordable Health Care for Everyone is a Bad Idea

  David Mittleman | June 11, 2009 12:13 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Senator Shelby (R-Ala.) is apparently living in a world of his own: he currently stated on “Fox News Sunday” that Obama will “destroy the best health care system the world has...

• Insurance Industry Offers to End Higher Premiums for Women

  David Mittleman | May 08, 2009 8:34 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As the House and Senate take aim at the health insurance industry, a large trade group offered to end the long-running practice of charging women higher premiums than men for the same coverage. The...

• $1.1 Billion of Economic Stimulus Bill to be Used for Comparing Medical Treatments

  David Mittleman | February 16, 2009 2:09 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Desperate to reduce spending on health care, Congress has for the first time approved setting aside money to allow the feds to embark on “comparative effectiveness medical research.” ...

• Failing Grades

  David Mittleman | December 17, 2008 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  It has been called a ticking time bomb; the nation’s emergency care system is on the brink of failure. 90% of states get poor to near-failing grades in a recent nationwide report. The American...

• Can a Photograph Save Your Life?

  David Mittleman | December 05, 2008 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Doctors who read diagnostic images - such as x-rays, MRIs, and CT scans - see a lot of pictures over the course of their day. One picture they usually don’t see, however, is an actual...

• Health Insurers Propose to Accept All Applicants, With One Big Condition

  David Mittleman | November 28, 2008 1:53 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Last Wednesday, Health insurers released proposals to accept all applicants, regardless of preexisting disease or disability, IF Congress mandates all Americans have coverage. Although the if is a...

• Waiting Room Tragedies And The Need For Universal Health Care

  David Mittleman | November 05, 2008 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Candida Diego fractured her skull in a fall in September of 2004. After being cleared for a brain scan to check for bleeding, she became partially paralyzed because she spent two hours in a waiting...

• 5 Ways to Save on Medical Costs

  David Mittleman | October 26, 2008 8:44 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Americans are struggling to pay medical bills and are accumulating medical debt at an increasing rate. The government projects that in less than a decade, Americans will spend 20% of their annual...