Women need more health care than men because of the combined demands of pregnancy and family planning. The typical American woman who wants to have two children will spend about five years being pregnant, recovering from pregnancy or trying to get pregnant, and about 30 years trying to avoid unintended pregnancies. – New York Times
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I received this email over the weekend promoting a new ObamaCare challenge. This challenge goes directly out to the public in the form of millions of emails and on his Facebook page. The new challenge is to create a video explaining to the world why health care needs to change. Here’s what the email says:
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Emergency room visits in Massachusetts have remained at high levels, even after Mass switched to a universal-type health care plan for every resident. Yesterday we spent some time talking about how Twitter is teaching us about doctor wait times and patient annoyances. If you’ll remember, the post went on to talk about Massachusetts’ universal plan [...]

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Anonymous — and i also hate waiting in doctor’s offices for two hours.ughh
Anonymous — Waiting in my doctor’s office long past my appt time… This patient is quickly losing her patience!!!

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A new PSA has been circulating the internet that is not quite as factual as the usual public service announcement. This one, regarding health insurance CEO’s and their protection, is more funny than fact. But you’ll have to see it to believe it.

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell

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Have you had your flu vaccine yet? If not, it’s ok. It’s not quite that time yet, but it’s quickly approaching. Let’s talk about a scenario. Let’s say you walk into your doctor’s office for the flu vaccine, and you’re sitting in the waiting room with a bunch of sneezing, sniffling patients. You’re nervous about [...]

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Are rising claims to blame for your rising health care costs? My wife informed me yesterday that her monthly insurance fees are going to go up in the next few weeks. Why? Well, in a mandatory employee meeting her superiors told her that it was because there were just too many claims over the past [...]

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Here at the No Insurance Club, we love to point out the amazing talent that our favorite radio and tv talk show hosts have. No one takes the cake, grabs the noose (so to speak) like Rush Limbaugh. If he isn’t in the spotlight for a few days, you can be assured that he will [...]

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Happy Constitution Day!! Seriously. On September 17, 1787, the Philadelphia Convention penned the oldest, and shortest, constitution in the world. On this historical day, George Washington, Ben Franklin, James Madison, and many others signed the most historical document in our American history, thus beginning the story that is America.
The U.S. Constitution was the first [...]

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Every once in a while, it’s nice to sit back and laugh, which is why if you haven’t been over to our Health Care Crisis Channel it would be a good idea to jump over there and check out former Ms. Arizona tear up the health care industry. But for this blog, even though I’m [...]

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