This brings about a good question when it comes to paying commissions on selling health insurance, why do we need to pay this and not have some additional revenues paid here go towards claims? The reason I say this is so many of the health insurance brokers are just web sites that bring many carriers...
This may be a result of the questions posed last week by Senator Grassley. It is getting even more complicated as insurance companies work on new algorithms to create new insurance plans and add them to the large pool of plans offered and it does not appear to be getting any easier to be able...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-09-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, medicare, AARP, Congress, Medicaid, software, Patient Advocacy, Health Insuance, United HealthCare
Hospice is not an issue anyone really wants to take a full look at, that is unless you or a family member are impacted. Budget cuts are already making things difficult in this area, so sad we have to resort to continued legal actions to allow the funds needed to care for seniors who need the care...
Dr. Doug Farrago with his input on what's happening in Massachusetts with their healthcare system. Long and short of all of this, is who's going to pay the bill? I feature Dr. Farrago under my "Need a Laugh" section as he produces new videos, I like his humor and unique...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 08-11-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, medicare, Medicaid, Placebo Journal, Dr. Farrago, Massachusetts
The insurance executives have taken the medical decisions and good medical care out control of clinicians, pretty simple. Have you had a surgical procedure lately? I had one surgeon recently tell me of procedures lined up by the hour, seven knees in seven hours, now does that make sense? ...
Oh you have love this, how can a person today not read!! My 83 year old mother depends on the Internet and searches out her Medicare information all on her own, she and I do more than that too, we file share with Folder Share from Microsoft, so we don’t have to email pictures! She...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 07-20-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, medicare, McCain, Internet, Seniors, Online
The practice wrote and went directly to the governor’s office. Around 10- 15k stand to lose their primary care providers if this happens. The doctors stated it was an “economical” decision, and with the recent “economical” decisions in the drug industry, those may not always be the best. ...