What’s so horrifying about health care? For those that have health insurance, the future of health care is sketchy, especially when it comes to recent changes in health care reform. For those that don’t have insurance, getting it may be easier, but quality of care is still largely an unknown. And still, we are not certain how much the new reform is going to cost all of us in the public and private sector. Consumer…
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Chaz Bono sparked controversy when Dancing With the Stars announced the openly transgender celebrity would be one of the contestants this season. But public outcry isn’t the only discrimination trans people face. While more health insurance companies are including gender reassignment surgery in their plans, discrimination often takes place after the surgery, especially for those with individual plans, activists say. Not only can plans be more expensive due to possible health risks, especially if the…
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Researchers have developed two easy tests that can help predict whether a senior citizen is at a higher risk of developing dementia, according to the Canadian Press. Published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, the news organization said the study analyzed the effect of standard neurocognitive tests on 1,500 patients aged 65 and older. Researchers found that the delayed word recall test, where patients are asked to remember as many words as possible from a…
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GUEST EDITORIAL By Loren Heal, The Heartland Institute The California version of Medicaid, called Medi-Cal, will mandate the enrollment of about 400,000 of its patients in a state-sponsored managed-care plan over the next year. The plan, designed to help the state cope with rising Medicaid costs, will effect Medi-Cal patients in San Francisco and fifteen other counties. California obtained a waiver from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in November 2010 to make…
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GUEST EDITORIAL By Thomas Cheplick, The Heartland Institute The Food and Drug Administration has issued a guidance document detailing a possible new regulation against off-label use of a category of medical devices, a development that stunned the device industry. The new FDA regulation would extend the legal doctrine called “intended use” to cover manufacturers of medical devices and make those manufacturers legally liable for off-label uses of their products. The FDA’s decision could have profound…
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A health insurance claim denial does not have to mean you are just out of luck when it comes to finding help to pay for treatment or care.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Thousands of residents from Los Angeles
When you’re young, long-term care insurance is not something
