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December 2007 Monthly Archive
Give The California Health Plan a Chance
The status quo of American health care is unacceptable. What makes it a political nightmare to fix is that what one side really wants is a single payor government system like Medicare and what the other side really wants is to minimize government involvement and let a free market bring about changes naturally. How's that working for us so far? Pragmatists, including most presidential candidates, occupy the middle ground seeking workable solutions at the risk of loosing their political constituancies.... read more
Posted by Phil Daigle on December 19, 2007 1:43 PM
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Incompetent Doctors Seldom Reported by Colleagues
While virtually all doctors (96%) agree that they should report incompetent colleagues, only 45% of them have ever done so. This according to a recently published study by Dr David Blumenthal from the Massachusetts General Hospital, Institute for Health Policy. Results were based on responses from 1,662 family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, anesthesiology, and cardiology physicians between November 2003 and June 2004. Another telling bit of information was that about one third of respondents said they would order unneeded... read more
Posted by Phil Daigle on December 4, 2007 3:16 PM
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Walgreens Drops Some CVS Caremark Prescription Drug Plans
Walgreens is no longer going to fill prescriptions for these four CVS Caremark plans: ArcelorMittal, Johnson Controls, Progressive Casualty Insurance, and the Wisconsin Education Association Trust managed plans. These plans are available in Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Wallgreens says they can't make money on these four plans, saying "The reimbursement rates are unreasonably low and below-market". Wallgreens is trying to preserve profits while CVS Caremark is trying to lower the cost of health care for its members. In... read more
Posted by Phil Daigle on December 4, 2007 2:42 PM
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