Tag: Health Care Reform
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At the health care inflection point
Back in January I mentioned a mindful eating course I was enrolled in. A full discussion of the course is probably for another time if I think it warrants a blog post. (I’ve become pickier about what I blog about, as I post less frequently and am trying hard to make my posts more relevant…
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Open season on a fixed income
It’s open season time and you know what that means. For most of us it means not bothering to take the time to see if there is a better medical, dental or vision plan out there. And by “us” I definitely mean “me”, at least until this year. Although I retired in 2014, I was…
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The point of the Affordable Care Act
Sometimes you want to cheer and shake your fist at the same time. That was my reaction to this Washington Post article that curiously arrived on my birthday, Saturday, when I turned 57: Nine days into the new year, the 41-year-old call-center worker headed to the health clinic on Highway 15. She saw a doctor…
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Republicans: Let’s talk real national security
There is a little irony that a day after the Supreme Court narrowly decided the Affordable Care Act was constitutional after all, that I would undergo surgery. The surgery to correct a deviated septum (known as septoplasty) was actually scheduled six weeks earlier. My mother in law’s untimely death and my plastic surgeon’s busy schedule…
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Solving the medical forms hassle
Seven years ago, I suggested that the ubiquitous thumb drive should become our electronic wallet. You would simply plug it into the point of sale device, authorize the transaction (a PIN is acceptable, but a thumb scan would be better), and an electronic receipt would get stored on the device. The receipt could later be…
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Republicans and their bogus notion of federalism
Texas Governor Rick Perry is one of the latest entrants into the 2012 Republican presidential primary race. In fact, in barely a week he has managed to displace former Governor Mitt Romney in polls as Republicans’ favorite choice. Clearly, Republicans are more enamored with his record than voters overall will be, once they get the…
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If I was the president
Gah! The amount of disinformation going on about the debt ceiling, the budget deficit and the economy continues to astound me. That so much of it is sticking goes to prove that money can buy pretty much anything. The oligarchy is clearly in charge, which is why closing loopholes for people who own private jets…
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A day without pain
Daily pain is a fact of life for many of us, particularly as we age. Pain can range from acute (migraines) to the intangible but devastating (depression). Regardless of the kind of pain, pain is a warning that something with us is not right and needs fixing. I have been dealing with the pain of…
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Some ways to cut medical costs
Are we paying too much for medical treatment? Ask a physician and they would probably tell you that you are not paying enough. Ask the rest of us and we would say, “Hell yeah!” One clue that physicians may be myopic on this is to compare how much Americans pay for health care vs. other…
Occam's Razor 