In six months the new plan will stop insurance discrimination against lower waged employees. The new plan will give aid to states that have offices for consumers to help them with complaints and appeals. The new plan will in six months ban companies from lifetime caps and limits in coverage. It will also…
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Finally Some Solid Information on Healthcare Reform
To start with this year employers who offer employee coverage will get up to 35% of the premiums in tax credits. By 2014 it will be 50% of the premiums. In 2010 a temporary subsidized pool for uninsured Americans with pre-existing conditions will begin. In 2010 it will give a $250 rebate…
Is The FDA Confused?
I think I know what they’re trying to say so have a seat and let me see if I have this right. A group of doctors has waited over a year to complain to the FDA to take action against virtual colonoscopies which are done with CT scans. These scanners can put out as…
A New Tax Idea
California is leading the way in discussing the taxing of pot. Several other states are said to follow once they see what happens in the California case. President Obama says he will not prosecute those taking pot for medical reasons. The government finally realized how much money they could raise in taxes if they…
Earlier Screening For Diabetes Type2
Everyone should be screened for type2 diabetes especially if they’re overweight at age 45 and up. It’s even better to start the screening starting at age 30. Believe me you don’t want to wait until some serious symptoms appear like losing your sight. That’s how long I waited and by that time the ER…
Easing The Pain of Fibromyalgia
I don’t have fibromyalgia but I am overweight, and have diabetes and hypothyroidism. The point is that it’s painful for me to walk and sometimes even just to stand up. I bring this up because I know what it feels like to be in pain and be told that if you only walk or…
FDA Imposed Restrictions
The FDA wants to impose restrictions on tanning bed use by pregnant women and those people with very pale skin who tend to burn rather than tan. Give people a written and verbal warning in case they are too stupid to figure out that they could burn and harm themselves and make them…
Natural Selection?
I saw a story on the news about people who cross train tracks while the lights are flashing, or the gates are down. The story went on to say that many people end up getting hit by the trains and killed because they’re not heeding the warning signs. One suburb had police watching and…
Colo-rectal Cancer
Doctors are now saying that colon cancer, the third deadliest kind can be almost eliminated. How? By simply having a colonoscopy to detect polyps and eradicating the polyps once found. They say that it’s these polyps that will develop into cancerous tumors. My own father died an agonizing death with colon cancer, and…
New FDA Panel
A new FDA panel will be meeting for the first time to talk about the menthol flavoring in cigarettes. No one seems to think that menthol flavoring will be banned, however it will be discussed. Some people believe that menthol entices young people to take up smoking and that it’s also racially motivated. They…