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Today was the final day and this is a wrap up of what took place and even some of the volunteers who took time here today do not have health insurance and the number was around 7,000 people that received care. Remote Area Medical Founder Receives 2010 Inamori Ethics Prize – RAM Returning to Los...
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, health insurance, Charity, Remote Area Medical, Volunteers, healthcare reform, Obama Healthcare, Wendell Potter, medical care, RAM, Stan Brock, LA Care
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Back in February Remote Area Medical announced a second appearance in the Los Angeles area. I have added a Twitter Feed below that will direct you to their updates and posts they add can be shared via the normal social networks, this should make it easy to get the word out I hope. In the...
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This decision was made by the Illinois Supreme Court that yes the hospital system can pay taxes if they are not giving enough charity care. Where does running a business and charity care cross the line? We need charity care, but then those complain that they don’t make any money with charity...
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Fri, Mar 19 2010
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It looks like the doctor, Gary Michelson was right, 10 million was nowhere near enough and well, just look at where we are today with Congress. Do you think anyone in Congress wants to be a millionaire, no wait a minute, most of them already are. We do know that Wellpoint is passing along...
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Wed, Mar 3 2010
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You can take a look here and base your own opinions. These are the same companies that invest millions in technologies at the blink of an eye, but when it comes time for charity, to me anyway, it looks pretty slim. Granted all the donations to Haiti are badly needed and appreciation for every...
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Sat, Jan 16 2010
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In November Remote Area Medical will continue on to Palm Beach County, Florida, another known area where many well to residents and those not so well to do live. This makes a point here that there are people in need everywhere. We all saw on the news and I covered it quite extensively...
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Mon, Sep 21 2009
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Now that Remote Area Medical has left the Los Angeles area, this is a good time to listen to Larry King’s interview. They did a lot of good here and we hope they come back soon. This was a huge undertaking and Stan Brock and the volunteers who made this possible were great. After watching...
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Fri, Aug 21 2009
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You can also add this widget to your site use the “copy me” link and embed on your site for the duration of the event. This is the Twitter Feed as they update. I will have the Widget posted until the end of the event at the Forum and you can see by reading the updates, they are booked, handed...
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Fri, Aug 14 2009
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In today’s update the video from CBS shows local government employees being taken care of, one with a $1000.00 co-payment for her child which she could not afford for a two week check up. When you watch the video you will see this is a very mixed crowd and they come from all over southern California...
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Thu, Aug 13 2009
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Did we rename the company? I have made my own comments on this blog as well and it all comes around to business intelligence software and how it carves out revenue. It is good when the algorithms are used to fight fraud, but the big question is, when does the line maybe get crossed? Future...
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Wed, Aug 12 2009
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As many others have mentioned, if you don’t think we need healthcare reform, take a look at this video. The bus lines are also making adjustments to help get people to the Forum. Dental care is an issue and they ran out of lidocaine. The need for dental care here is huge. They...
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Wed, Aug 12 2009
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Each day 1500 people can get a number to be seen, others who are turned away are encouraged to come back the next day as it is running for 8 days so chances of getting in might be good. Gates open at midnight for those to wait until the Forum opens at 5:00 a.m., and yes it sure looks a lot different...
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Tue, Aug 11 2009
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Below is a little clip from my prior post, use the link to catch all the details for patients and volunteers. Wendell Potter will be there, the former insurance company executive that had his eyes opened at the RAM event in Virginia. We need healthcare reform and my 2 cents here is that there...
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Tue, Aug 11 2009
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This is the first trip for RAM (Remote Area Medical) to a major metropolitan area. Please forward this on to anyone who could volunteer or needs patient services in the Los Angeles/Orange County area in Southern California. Using the Forum, which is quite large capacity is pretty good...
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Sun, Aug 9 2009
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Admissions of patients with insurance were down 2%, but a profit of around $178 million was seen, compared to a loss for the previous quarter. Bad debt was up 4% and employee turnover was down. Earlier this year shares had dropped below the $1.00 mark, but appear to be on their way back up. ...
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Sat, May 9 2009
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