Taking up an health insurance policy is very important because as the population are increasing every day , you need to take up the appropriate health insurance cover as people are bound to have incident occurring every day of their lives. Health insurance is also taken to help in times of accidents so that the insurance company will bear the cost of the accidents and this will help you to reduce your expenses in such situations. Generally no...more
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Texas leads the nation in the number of people without health insurance. Although almost one in five Americans is uninsured, it is estimated that one in three Texans are uninsured. The Texas Medical Association reports, "More than 5.5 million Texans - including 1.4 million children - lack health insurance."In a report issued by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "The uninsured are a...more
It is the belief of thousands of U.S doctors are asking the government to provide resources for national health coverage, which they think might be able to cover the health care needs of all Americans while also saving a substantial amount of money. After health care reform disintegrated in Congress during the Clinton administration due to the fierce lobbying from the medical, pharmaceutical and insurance industries, doctors contend that private sector solutions for health care reform have proven unsuccessful. These doctors think that if Congress established a prescription drug benefit for the disabled and elderly, it would only benefit private customers and consumers wouldn't see much of a difference. The physicians would enact a single payer system, basically a more extensive version of Medicare, the government-run health care initiative for disabled and elderly people. While the HMOs (health maintenance organizations) were originally meant to be the best chance to fix health care issues, they have ended up increasing the costs for Medicare by billions while hitting bottom with public opinion of their services. Although investor owned hospitals seemed like they would be more...more
Those wounded in the battlefront are flown to Germany - it's not just the convenient location but the expertise of surgical doctors and the top-of-the-line medical equipments. After all, Germany has led in the invention of medical equipments and medication. You might remember some of the creams and potions for skin ailments and other potions with...more
Physicians across the nation doctors are appealing to the government for a nationally financed, countrywide health insurance program that they claim would help to include all current health care needs for Americans while saving as much as billions of dollars.Today's physicians make the claim that the private market ideas have totally let us down,...more
Unlike the long hours their predecessors had to labor within, the new breed of doctors have less work time thanks to a law implanted a year ago.But this is not without any headaches. Tons of today's medical students along with veteran physicians find themselves fraught with unreasonable work load while hospitals are facing high expenses as a result of trying to fix task schedules. These demands came after various concerns about too much hours covered by wearied physicians can even jeopardize patients health.Such modifications are commenced while making sure that they put the quality of health care as topmost priority, avers the American association of medical colleges? chairman who speaks on behalf of more than 400 foremost teaching health institutions. The guidelines, adopted by the accreditation council for graduate medical education, which oversees more than 7,800 residency programs, limited duty hours to 80 hours a week for the nation's hundreds of thousands of doctors in training.Before, specialists like surgeons get to work longer in a week which can be approximately up to a hundred hours.Many of today's residents look down on the fact that they have to rest for at least...more
In the old days, there was only a couple of ways to find a doctor: you either asked some friends or family members for recommendations or you simply picked one out of the phone book. Today, many people have considerable restrictions on which...more
Health insurance: studyInteresting study An interesting study on the Germans and their unhealthy lifestyle, was recently published. This shows that the German population does not move enough. The private German health insurance AG -...more
Texas ranked 39th among the 50 U.S. states in the list of healthy United States from the Health Foundation, 2009. This does not generate a shining example for health, but it appears, about 1 in 4 residents in Texas is without health...more
There may be an overwhelming number of Virginians who are opposing the health reforms, but if you are flowing against the tide, then this one is for you people. Virginia may have appealed against the reforms, but if you are in favor of...more
I have once have had a massage. Have you? If not, have you ever contemplated it? If you have not had a massage, here's something you should know. They are many benefits that come with it. Do you think massage is some new fad? Not true. Massage is...more
How great! I just had my first (but not last) Swedish massage. I only recently discovered what many Americans, as well as Europeans have known for a couple of centuries. Now that I have had one, I know the benefits. This is more recent a massage than...more