In Sonoma County, a man is battling more than a dozen tumors in his body.
Oh, and now he is fighting a different battle, says CBS News, with his insurance carrier, Anthem Blue Cross.
Tag Archives: treatment
June 4, 2014
June 1, 2014
Insurance-Based Primary Care Won’t Prevent Obesity
Recently, someone asked me on Twitter, “Has the change in classification of obesity as a disease affected how you treat patients presenting w/ the disease?”
The classification change in question is regarding the American Medical Association’s declaration that obesity is a disease rather than a comorbidity factor.
May 26, 2014
Damn, Gawker. Way To Point Out The Prescription Drug In The Room.
You might think that the U.S. government’s small step towards a national healthcare system would somehow help bring the cost of prescription drugs down to reasonable levels.
“You could not be more wrong! You idiot!” writes Hamilton Nolan of Gawker.
May 13, 2014
FDA Needs Reform Or The Market Might Not Innovate Life-Saving Drugs.
Okay, maybe those doctoral economists will come in handy. Jokes aside, bringing life-saving drugs to market will never be cheap – and it will require government participation.
However, there’s a difference between red tape syphoning better-spent dollars to line the pockets of insurance companies who DON’T actually care for our population, and making sure a drug company developing an Alzheimer’s treatment can recoup their billion dollar investment.