Health Care Crisis

Is Logical and Effective Health Care Delivery Still Possible?

Dr. Robert A. Kornfeld | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Consumers and Health Care, Health Insurance Companies, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health News, Government and Health Care, Health Care Crisis, Health Care Providers, Health Care, Patient-Doctor Relationship, Politics News

We all need to be part of the solution. If so, then everyone benefits from improved health, and health care services can be provided in a prudent, efficient and effective way.

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Myths and Misperceptions About Primary Care

John Geyman | Posted 10.22.2011

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We are indebted to the late Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health for this basic definition of the four pillars of primary care.

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Paying Off Our Real Debt

Ai-jen Poo | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Baby Boomers, Caring Across Generations, Social Security, Health Care Providers, Medicaid, Medicare, Aging Americans, Health Care Crisis, Caregivers, Impact News

Older Americans are the deepest source of wisdom, values, and character we have as a nation. We owe them a debt of gratitude more profound than any other. And we have a responsibility to care for them as they spent their lives caring for us.

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I Considered A "Medicaid Divorce" When Cancer Began Bankrupting Me

Hillary St. Pierre | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lymphoma, Health Care Reform, Cancer, Medicaid, Divorce, Health Care Costs, Health Care Crisis, Divorce News

It's a common mistake almost eveyrbody makes, the assumption that everything is going perfectly when your friend keeps a smile on their face.

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"Food Rules": A Completely Different Way To Fix The Health Care Crisis

Michael Pollan | Posted 05.25.2011

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I set out to collect and formulate some straightforward, memorable, everyday rules for eating, a set of personal policies that would, taken together or even separately, nudge people onto a healthier and happier path.

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The Way To Avoid Health Care Crisis In America

Bernie Siegel, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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The present health care crisis is not just related to health care; it is a crisis related to what is happening in our society.

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Health Overhaul Likely To Strain Doctor Shortage

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Primary Care Physician, Health Crisis, Primary Care, Health Care Reform, Senate Health Bill, Health Bill, Health Care Crisis, Primary Care Crisis, Health Care, Healthy Living News

WASHINGTON — Better beat the crowd and find a doctor. Primary care physicians already are in short supply in parts of the country, and the land...

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For Whom the (Health Care) Bill Tolls

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Health Care Crisis, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Care, Health, Healthy Living News

My lab, and my practice, is located in Griffin Hospital in Derby, CT. Griffin is a Yale-affiliated, not-for-profit, community hospital. It is also a model for its industry, with no offense to any others that are as well.

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Bipartisan Health Reform Shocker: Reagan was a RINO!

Michael L. Millenson | Posted 05.25.2011

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In today's political environment the right wing of the GOP is very far from being Ronald Reagan Republicans.

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Can A Health Scare Be A Good Thing For Your Health?

Thomas Goetz | Posted 11.17.2011

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What does the doctor need to say to trigger you to do those things that you probably already know you should do? What sort of information would compel you to take action?

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Woman Blames Bank Of America For Husband's Death

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

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As part of the Huffington Post's efforts to bear witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans, we're rounding up s...

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Alzheimer's Disease: Our Biggest Long-Term Health Challenge

Fred Hassan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's, Health Care, Health Care Crisis, Politics News

We must address this crisis. We must begin by putting Alzheimer's into the center of our national dialogue about reforming health care.

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A Message for Labor Day

Gerald McEntee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Working Families, Labor Day, Health Care Crisis, Civil Rights, Congress, Afl-Cio, Health Care Reform, Labor Unions, Ted Kennedy, Politics News

This Labor Day, let's recommit ourselves to helping workers organize and fight for their rights. Let's work together to win meaningful reforms that ensure access to quality, affordable health care.

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Don't Worry, Get Angry: Hillary's Health Care Travesty

Linda Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011

Seventy-eight percent of the people who had to file for medical-related bankruptcy actually had health insurance. Hillary St. Pierre, a spunky 27-year-old mother, is a case in point.

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What's Worse, Health Care or Cancer?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

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The final fact is that American health care needs prevention more than anything else.

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Crisis: Nearly Five Million Adults Have Lost Insurance Since Sept. '08

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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As President Barack Obama prepares to address the nation tonight, a new survey provides a boost to his claim that the health care system is at a peril...

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Dispatches From The Displaced: Housing Crisis Is Healthcare Crisis For Many

The Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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This is our third installment of Dispatches from the Displaced, in which just one of the 10,000 people who lose the their house each weekday shares hi...

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Dispatches From The Displaced: Increased Interest Renders Couple Unable to Make Payments

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 05.25.2011

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Are you facing foreclosure, or have you already lost your home? Share a story of how the housing crisis has affected you by emailing submissions+forec...

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A Presidential Rx to Improve Health in the New Year

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Our country faces significant health challenges including skyrocketing costs, declining funding for scientific research, and lack of innovation in the government's response to emerging threats.

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America's Looming Health Care Disaster: Rising Unemployment

ABC News | DAN CHILDS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Crisis, American Health Care Crisis, Health Care, Healthcare, Healthcare Crisis, Home News

Last year at this time, health coverage may well have been among the last things on Terri Rushing's mind. Her husband, David, was 55 years old and wo...

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Why Not a "Bailout" That Restructures Health Care to Benefit All?

Michele Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Crisis, Framing Issues, Comprehensive Health Care Reform, Single-Payer Health Care, Financial Crisis, Medicare for All, "Free-Market" Health Care, Health Care Crisis, Prescription Drug Reform, Medicare Advantage Plans, Wall Street Crash, Barack Obama Health Care Policy, Barack Obama Health Care, Congressional Bailout Package, Subprime Mortgages, Congressional Bailout, Business News

"Free-market" health care is as perverse an incentive as free-market police and fire protection would be, leaving everyone vulnerable, at the mercy of the marketplace.

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