by Andrew McGuire | Sep 14, 2011 | News
Number of uninsured climbs to highest figure since passage of Medicare, Medicaid 50 million uninsured shows urgency of enacting single-payer Medicare for all: national doctors group Official estimates by the Census Bureau showing an increase of about 1 million in the...
by Andrew McGuire | Aug 23, 2011 | News
The U.S. Health System in Perspective: A Comparison of Twelve Industrialized Nations By David A. Squires The Commonwealth Fund, July 2011 This analysis concentrated on 2010 OECD health data for Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand,...
by Andrew McGuire | Aug 17, 2011 | News
I work as a labor and delivery nurse at a public hospital in California. Recently, one Saturday morning, I received a call from a young woman who had been denied care at a local private hospital during a prenatal appointment to turn her breech baby. She was told that...
by Andrew McGuire | Aug 12, 2011 | News
National Health Spending Projections Through 2020: Economic Recovery And Reform Drive Faster Spending Growth From the Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Health Affairs, July 28, 2011 National Health Expenditures, billions: 2011 –...
by Andrew McGuire | Aug 10, 2011 | News
When I turned 60 I finally decided to buy a high deductible health plan from Aetna. I went to the doctor, and he found a lump on my thyroid. $1,500 in diagnostic tests later, it appears to be nothing to worry about. Aetna claims that my condition was preexisting and...