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Dana Blanton Majorities of American voters say their family will be worse off under the Affordable Care Act, and think it would be better to go back to the pre-ObamaCare health care system. A Fox News poll released Wednesday finds that while 26 percent of voters say their health care situation will be better under the new law, twice as many — 53 percent — say it will be worse. [...] New wave of ‘superbugs’ poses dire threat, says chief medical officer Warning over rising death toll as antibiotics fail to tackle rising incidence of ‘gram negative’ bacterial diseases Antibiotic-resistant bacteria with the potential to cause untreatable infections pose “a catastrophic threat” to the population, the chief medical officer for Britain warns in a report calling for urgent action worldwide. If tough measures are not taken to [...] From The Burning Platform: Remember when Pelosi said we had to pass the 2,700 page health care abortion of a bill in order to find out what was in it? Remember when Obama told us that families would save $2,500 per year if Obamacare was passed? Remember when Obama and Reid declared that Obamacare would add nothing to the National Debt? Well now we know what is in it. It seems when [...] refreshingnews99.blogspot.in Alzheimer’s is one of the major medical problems of our age. A ghastly disease that condemns millions to years of confusion and fear, it also threatens to bankrupt our health system — yet doctors don’t really know what causes it, or how to treat it effectively. But could that be about to change? Scientists increasingly believe Alzheimer’s is linked to type 2 diabetes — so closely linked, in fact, it’s even [...] From NYT: As the head of Greece’s largest oncology department, Dr. Kostas Syrigos thought he had seen everything. But nothing prepared him for Elena, an unemployed woman whose breast cancer had been diagnosed a year before she came to him. By that time, her cancer had grown to the size of an orange and broken through the skin, leaving a wound that she was draining with paper napkins. “When we saw her we were speechless,” said Dr. [...] “Digital Medicines are the same pharmaceuticals you take today, with one small change: each pill also contains a tiny sensor that can communicate, via our digital health feedback system, vital information about your medication-taking behaviors and how your body is responding.” http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/microchip-laden-drugs-given-fda-approval?utm_source=www.GreenMedInfo.com&utm_campaign=c470c157c5-Greenmedinfo&utm_medium=email A doctor killed a former colleague in revenge for his dismissal from a residency program before shooting himself minutes later after being stopped by police. Dr. Payman Houshmandpour, 32, a medical resident, was gunned down in his car on Wednesday morning by Giocondo Navek, 39. The father-of-one was pulling out of his parking spot at an upscale apartment complex in a Philadelphia suburb on his way to work at Virtua health system. Navek, 39, [...] http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/bankruptcy_study.html “…Today’s health insurance policies — with high deductibles, co-pays, and many exclusions — offer little protection during a serious illness. Uncovered medical bills averaged $13,460 for those with private insurance at the start of their illness. People with cancer had average medical debts of $35,878. “The paradox is that the costliest health system in the world performs so poorly. We waste one-third of [...] Voters in Ohio have approved a ballot measure intended to keep government from requiring Ohioans to participate in any health care system. The constitutional amendment passed is largely symbolic, coming in response to the 2009 federal health care overhaul, a provision of which mandates that most Americans purchase health care. (Excerpt) Read more at 2.ohiovotes2011.com …
Medical disasters cause over 60% of personal bankruptcies.. http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/bankruptcy_study.html “…Today’s health insurance policies — with high deductibles, co-pays, and many exclusions — offer little protection during a serious illness. Uncovered medical bills averaged $13,460 for those with private insurance at the start of their illness. People with cancer had average medical debts of $35,878. “The paradox is that the costliest health system in the world [...] JOPLIN, Mo. — Joplin officials are putting the fatality count from Sunday’s tornado at 116 as of this afternoon, but the death toll is still expected to climb. More than 1,000 people have been transported to area hospitals since the storm hit. *** More than 1,150 people have been treated for injuries stemming from the tornado that struck Joplin at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Freeman Health System in Joplin treated [...] by OldTulsan http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14986-worlds-largest-health-system-rejects-free-market.html “Free-market economic reforms rolled out across the Chinese health system in 1978 have led to a collapse in healthcare provision for a fifth of the world’s population, researchers have concluded. The Chinese government, recognising the disparities in access to healthcare between the urban rich and rural poor, is planning to overhaul the world’s largest health [...]
Some people argue that there are no bubbles (e.g. Shaun Rein via Bloomberg), and there are some very bearish calls (e.g. Jim Chanos via FT and Andy Xie). Official statistics are completely unreliable, so I have to rely on other things. Bill wrote quite a while ago on why Beijing residential real estate market wasn’t a bubble. Among other reasons, he wrote: 1. Beijing is the capital city of the largest country [...] http://wwwÂ.newscientÂist.com/arÂticle/dn14Â986-worldsÂ-largest-hÂealth-systÂem-rejectsÂ-free-markÂet.html “Free-markÂet economic reforms rolled out across the Chinese health system in 1978 have led to a collapse in healthcare provision for a fifth of the world’s populationÂ, researcherÂs have concluded. The Chinese governmentÂ, recognisinÂg the disparitieÂs in access to healthcare between the urban rich and rural poor, is planning to overhaul the world’s largest health system. [...] If you have a plan already and the deductible is less than $8000 for your family, it is a “gold” plan and you will be taxed at 40%, from my understanding. If your deductible is over $8000 than you shouldn’t have a tax on your plan at all. But there are other taxes that where put into the bill, that will generate money to go into the health care system. [...] 312,881 VOTES: 60.8% 16.0% 22.6% |
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