About a month ago I heard on the news that Obamas new health care reform has passed Congress. Yeah? I got a couple of facts out of what I heard but not much, so I decided to look around the net and find the plan itself. I was going to read it line by line…
Category Archives: Health Care Reform
Changes In The WIC Program
For those who may not know WIC stands for womens, infants, and childrens program. It’s from the federal government and is an excellent program for pregnant women and those that have children five and under. In the past and currently WIC gives women coupons every month to get free formula, baby cereal, beans, cereal,…
Sick Nuts
It seems that the Peanut Corp. of Georgia knew about the contamination of the peanuts, but sent the product out anyway. The FDA knew about it and supposedly there was communication back and forth between them, but the nuts went out anyway. Over 500 people were made ill, and eight died from the greed…
England Strikes Again
I thought it was bad enough that the English didn’t want to treat the elderly but now I am reading that they don’t want to treat the sick and dying. A man was dying of a brain disease, his doctors did not want to give him basic life support. I am talking about nutrition and…
Welcome to Medcare Forum!
Medcare Forum is a new weblog covering healthcare issues in the United States. We’ll be tackling the tough issues of Universal Health Care, elderly care, baby boomers, and importantly enough … how to pay for it all. MedcareForum.com is another weblog brought to you by Niner Niner – your walkie-talkie to the world. Niner Niner…