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The Shingles Vaccination Out of Reach for Most – Cost, Red Tape for Compensation and Physician Worries About Safety

We hear talk in the news today about vaccines being the answer, well here’s an example of a vaccine perhaps being underused? It’s the typical response from the insurers on not covering as well as Medicare from one side and on the other side the...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2010 4:17 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, medicare, health insurance, Physicians, Heatlhcare, preventive medicine, Vaccine, Red tape, CDC, billing, shingles, safety seniors

Dr Oz on Friday May 21st – TV Show Focuses on Doctors Who Have Battled Cancer

The Dr. Oz show is always full of good information we can use anywhere and this show will get personal and upfront with physicians who have battled cancer themselves. Might be one to tune in and watch. Dr. Oz Visits Jimmy Kimmel and Discusses Nutrition...

Published Thu, May 05 2010 4:31 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Medical Records, Physicians, Cancer, Nutrition, preventive medicine, Doctors, television, Dr. Oz, lifestyle

Aetna Opens Up the Mexico Connection With A New Plan To Pay For Services Over the Border - California

Those in southern California may already be aware of the plan from HealthNet that is similar and allows patients to cross the border with their plan. Health Net of California Expands Salud HMO to Southern California Now we have one more insurer...

Published Fri, May 05 2010 1:04 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, medical, health insurance, HMO, Aetna, California, employers, Medical Tourism, preventive medicine, healthcare reform, Mexico, Vitalidad

Sex Is Over at 70 According to a Report Published in the British Medical Journal Funded In Part by the NIH

This is where some of your tax dollars go, and maybe we might have already been keyed into some of this, well depending on your age zone (grin). The focus here too is to let individuals know what if you are healthier to begin with and work at healthy...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2010 4:22 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Sex, NIH, preventive medicine, Study, lifestyles, Sex Life, British Medical Journal

Insurance Plans at This Employer Get a Little More Difficult to Decipher – More Confusing Algorithms That Lead to More Cost Out of Pocket for Big Expenditures

The focus here is for more money spent on preventive care, but when the big ones come, such as a knee or hip, or even cardiac care, it will be more out of pocket for the employees here. It is lowering the cost on the preventive side, where we can...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2010 10:20 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, health insurance, Blue Cross, preventive medicine, Doctors, Algorithms, Blue Shield, formulas, ER, healthcare reform

Proctor and Gamble Buys MDVIP – Physician Boutique Practice Company

MDVIP has been around for a while and was probably one of the first such companies to open. The video below explains what a Boutique Medical Practice is all about and the pros and cons. What it interesting was that Proctor and Gamble...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2010 10:32 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Physician, healthcare, preventive medicine, Navigenics, Proctor and Gamble, Boutique Primary Care, no insurance, MDVIP

Mammogram Guidelines Change – Screening Should Start at 50 and Then Only Every 2 Years

Women that fall under the BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 genes tests though, would not be subject to the guidelines established. The BRCA tests are also being scrutinized by health insurance companies as well since they appear to be a big expense at around ...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2009 1:25 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, healthcare, Breast Cancer, preventive medicine, X-Rays, Mammograms, screening, BRCA, guidelines

National Depression Screening Day – Orange County

This is a real program and besides Orange County you can also check the interactive map to find what is available in your state. I clicked on a couple other states and didn’t find any, but the site says to check back as more are being added all...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2009 8:34 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Depression, Orange County, preventive medicine, screening, National Depression Screening Day

Michael Steele Not Sure about What Kind of Health Insurance He Has

One message I get from this is that perhaps he’s not involved in preventative health care for himself, it appears. No wonder we have “Magpie Healthcare” that is just repetition that is heard from others without real involvement. It is just...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2009 4:29 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, health insurance, Politics, preventive medicine, Michael Steele, heatlhcare reform

The unfriendly skies of the US healthcare system

When I read numbers and studies such as this, it is no wonder we are lagging behind other countries in healthcare. First of all, if it is not affordable and accessible, the consumer will not go, especially in the area of chronic diseases and especially...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2008 10:36 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, Physician, healthcare, US Healthcare, preventive medicine, Economics

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