Health Insurance "Track Meet" starring Heather Graham as the "Public Option"
via youtube.com I understand that health insurers need to keep costs down in order to keep our premiums low (and still make a profit). I just take issue with one of the ways they do it now - and I'm afraid the practice will become more rampant if insurers don't have to compete with a public option. Have you ever called your insurance provider to confirm that a procedure or service is covered, only to have the claim rejected on a technicality after the service was rendered? It happens several times a year in our household, regardless of health insurer,

Poison Control System– use it, love it, FUND it
Poison Control System Faces Closure Download audio (MP3) Photo: Image Source California's Poison Control System is on life support. The 24-7 operation lost half of its funding in the new state budget, and poison control officials say if they don't fi

Wait a Second. Why Shouldn’t We Insure Illegals? - an alternative view - Part 2
...From a purely economic standpoint, insuring illegal immigrants makes a lot of sense—and not just for them, but for everyone. Consider a few statistics. According to a July article in the American Journal of Public Health, immigrants typically arrive in America during their prime working years and tend to be younger and healthier than the rest of the U.S. population. As a result, health-care expenditures for the average immigrant are 55 percent lower than for a native-born American citizen with similar characteristics. With the ratio of seniors to workers projected to increase by 67 percent between 2010 and 2030, it stands to reason that in

Wait a Second. Why Shouldn’t We Insure Illegals? - an alternative view - Part 1
Wait a Second. Why Shouldn’t We Insure Illegals? Insuring undocumented immigrants might be unpopular, but it would be good for the economy. By Andrew Romano | Newsweek Web Exclusive  Sep 14, 2009 Call it the shout heard round the world. Since last Wednesday, when Rep. Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, interrupted Barack Obama's big speech on health-care reform to shout "You lie!," Beltway bloviators have bloviated about little else. Wilson's vulgarity.

Recall of Children's and Infant's Tylenol
J&J recalls infants', children's liquid Tylenol By Associated Press - Fri Sep 25, 8:48 AM PDT NEW YORK - Johnson & Johnson's McNeil unit is voluntarily recalling 57 lots of infants' and children's liquid Tylenol products because of possible bacterial contamination. The products being recalled were made between April and June and include nearly two dozen varieties, including Children's Tylenol Suspension 4 oz. Grape,