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As we end 2016, and expect some congressional/administrative changes in 2017, it’s time for giving the current program its final grade. How good is it? does it deserve an A, a B, or even a C or D.
Look at my recent Huffington Post article to see what I think the ACA program deserves at
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/584dfb8ce4b0151082221ce9?timestamp=1481506408908
It has lots of tips for you to use with your doctor.
New data indicates that medical errors by your doctor or hospital are more numerous than previously thought. But you can take steps now to avoid these errors and protect your life. See my latest column in the Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cary-a-presant-md/medical-errors-are-the-th_b_11117808.html
The poor live shorter lives, up to 15 years less. Why is this, and how can Americans overcome this? See my latest article in Huffington Post to find out http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cary-a-presant-md/why-poor-americans-die-yo_b_10955190.html
Senator Coburn elected to use the national healthcare website to choose his new insurance. When he had a recurrence of his prostate cancer, he found out his doctor was not in his insurance network. What did he do?
Check out my Huffington Post blog to find out about his experience and what it means for you and your family, and tips that can help you with your won choices http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cary-a-presant-md/obamacare_b_4753384.html .
2014 will make big changes in how we get our healthcare. These changes are not only in our insurance, but also in our doctors, our hospitals, and our medications. How will you succeed health-wise in 2014?
To help give you some tips, check out my recent blog on the Huffington Post http://huff.to/19JxecW and you will have emote confidence in the coming year. Beware of not doing your homework now. You could be looking at gaps in…
Choosing the right insurance cn be daunting. so many choices are out there! And the exchanges seem to make the process more complicated, at least for the next 3 months.
So I have posted a blog as a contributor to the Huffington Post http://huff.to/1bTQjtB. Read the post and get the help you need to choose wisely! 2014 will be a good year for health, but you are more in control and have more expected…
Choosing the right health insurance has always been confusing. But this perplexing dilemma has become more difficult for 2014 because Obamacare is being implemented. So which insurance is best for you?
I have reviewed the various types of policies in my book “Surviving American Medicine”. But now let me give you my best advice on which policy you should choose.
If you are eligible for Medicare and can afford it, choose the Medicare option with…
One of the major types of insurance available to patients with low incomes is Medicaid. Access to Medicaid is being expanded through the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). The question is, how does Medicaid insurance really help people?
The answer is in part provided by an excellent article by K. Baicker and co-authors (New England Journal of Medicine 2013, Volume 368, Page 173) and an accompanying editorial by R. Kronick and A. Bindman (New England Journal…
Young adults 18 to 35 years of age, including recent graduates, are faced with an important health care challenge: you may have only
a low income (maybe even none), perhaps high student loans, no health conditions or challenges, and you want to know how to protect the quality of and access to your health care. Since you are not sick, why should you even consider getting health insurance coverage, with you knowing it can be really…
The articles and news coverage of problems in how to access American medical care are described as health-care disparities. This is the policy-makers way of talking about poverty, joblessness, or racial/gender/age discrimination. These are all difficult problems to overcome if one is to get good medical care.
It is often stated that many of those conditions occur in a setting of less access to care. But more often, the feeling of less access is more a…
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