by Sylvia Moore | Jun 18, 2014 | News
Sometime in May, after nearly three weeks of sitting on pins and needles, I finally got my Blue Shield insurance card in the mail. I had paid my premium before the April 15 deadline, but considering that a) the insurance companies were dealing with millions of new...
by Sylvia Moore | Aug 8, 2012 | News
Do you feel like a doctor’s visit these days is sometimes akin to being herded like cattle? My mother related to me that her recent visit with her doctor lasted “five minutes.” She may not have been exaggerating. A few minutes is hardly enough time...
by Andrew McGuire | Aug 5, 2011 | News
by nyceve The other day, my brother asked me to explain why a simple yearly doctor visit costs $1500? I started to explain, and he didn’t believe me. I told him, doctors have to employ armies of people to deal with hundreds of insurance companies, this adds...
by Andrew McGuire | Aug 1, 2011 | News
The Impact of Single-Payer Health Care on Physician Income in Canada, 1850–2005 By Jacalyn Duffin, MD, PhD American Journal of Public Health, July 2011 Over nearly 60 years, into the 21st century, physician income grew at a rate of increase that outpaced that of other...
by Andrew McGuire | Jun 14, 2011 | News
by brooklynbadboy Whenever there is a debate about making cuts to education, both parties zero right in on teachers. But when the debate is about making cuts to health care, nobody zeroes in on doctors. A curious thing, wouldn’t you say? In both professions, the...