Let’s talk about our primary care shortage. You know about healthcare reform, about the debates in congress on The Hill, the millions who are uninsured and the millions who are in medical debt. But, did you know that we are about to dive right into an entirely new healthcare crisis? It’s already begun, as with [...]

Continue reading...

Well, healthcare reform has been stupefied yet again. Remember last week when we posted the blog about how a deal had been reached, how the public option had been dropped and the Medicare buy-in was the replacement? Well, apparently we were mistaken. A healthcare agreement had been reached, but on this roller coaster we call [...]

Continue reading...

The public option is out! Seriously. The option that had liberals excited about industry competition, and the moderates scared to death, has itself died. The public option will probably be dropped by the Senate in order to get the entire healthcare package passed. Without the public option, there should be no other hurdles to getting [...]

Continue reading...

Public option and abortion - the debate rages on. Sure, Joe Lieberman is fun to take stabs at, and many are doing just that, but the real problem is not Joe, it’s the entire healthcare reform mess. It’s a mess, and no matter what side of the House Lawn you’re on, politics is getting the [...]

Continue reading...

Market based healthcare alternatives are not all the rage these days. With healthcare reform and government options all over the table, it’s hard to see through the heaping pile to the alternatives and medical solutions that are actually working. These market based healthcare solutions are the small changes that are making big waves for many [...]

Continue reading...

Women have been getting an earful from the healthcare industry this week. One second the healthcare industry is telling women to get yearly mammograms after 40 years old, the next it’s after 50 years old. One second women are hearing to get pap smears yearly after the age of 18, the next they’re being told [...]

Continue reading...