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HillaryCare: Sticking Her Neck Out
Before you begin second guessing what I’m about to say, let me state a couple of points: 1. I live in New York State. Hillary Clinton is my senator. 2. I am a registered republican. 3. I was divorced...
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Oprah Takes on Health Insurance
Oprah took on healthcare, insurance and the lack thereof today. While I think she did an astounding job of moving the discussion forward, I think a major point was missed — and needs to be pointed out....
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Bush, Congress and SCHIP: Remember, Children Will Vote Someday
I’ve been asked for weeks to weigh in on the SCHIP bill (State Children’s Health Insurance Program.) I had to give it some thought because I just couldn’t fathom that there could be any opposition...
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Hospital Infection Prevention Week
The first line of defense against hospital infections is clean hands. Seems simple, right? Yet millions of Americans are infected in hospitals every year. 100,000 Americans die from them. Read that...
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A Lemon Law for Medical Consumers?
From Hannah Montana to drive-by shootings, there is plenty of interesting news in Cincinnati, Ohio today. But to me, your friendly patient advocate, an even more fascinating topic was reported in...
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Thank a Veteran for Your Medical Care
Yesterday for my radio show I had the pleasure and honor of interviewing a doctor who spent 25 years in the Navy, retired in 2005, and now serves a civilian population at University Hospital in...
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Kickbacks: Doctors, Pharma, Insurance and Surprise! Patients Caught in the...
See if you can get your arms around the following conundrum, which is typical of our dysfunctional American Healthcare System — only this time with a twist. We’ll begin with point-of-view: Consumers...
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Overcoming the Doctor-Patient War of Words
I seem to have hit a nerve with my post about Dr. Steve Cole’s editorial published a few days ago. Dr. Cole asserted that the reason healthcare costs are going up is because doctors have learned to...
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MRSA: Patients Ignored, Left to Die
(Find an update to this post: MRSA, Victimization and Shooting the Messenger) In the past two days, I have heard three stories, all related to MRSA and other hospital acquired staph infections, and all...
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Tax Rebates: Maybe Health Insurance Should Pay Attention!
[Note to my regular readers... starting today, I am beginning my migration to my new blog site: www.EveryPatientsAdvocate.com/blog will get you there. You'll find most of the post here, but you'll need...
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