Nov 23, 2009 | Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
News Reports Estimate as many as 25 Million Americans Would STILL Lack Coverage With its vote on Saturday, the United States Senate advanced its version of a healthcare reform bill one step further. Now, in both the House and Senate, full floor debate will begin on the different healthcare reform bills that have reached the floor in each body. Looming in the background, however, is the failure of each of these 2,000-page proposed bills to extend universal coverage to all residents of the...
Jul 6, 2009 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
Rescinding health policies of 20,000 people in past five years saved health insurers $300 million For years, Americans have heard news stories about the sick patient whose health insurance policy was rescinded in the midst of a health crisis. Now comes public acknowledgement—at a Congressional hearing no less—that this business practice exists! Executives from three of the nation’s largest health insurers admitted to this practice when testifying at a Congressional investigation recently....
Jun 29, 2009 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Uncategorized
Health reform plan preserves patient choice and requires no new government funding As Congress gets down to the nitty gritty details of healthcare reform, a unique bipartisan proposal presented by the Rolling Hills Group, a group of Tennessee healthcare experts and community leaders, is gaining support on both sides of the aisle. This healthcare reform proposal, initially developed for a statewide program in Tennessee, has captured Congress’ attention because it meets top health care reform...
Mar 25, 2009 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
As previously suggested by earlier Dark Daily e-briefings, studies of the 46 million uninsured Americans suggest there’s more to this statistic than a big number implies. Up to two-thirds of the uninsured either qualify for government-sponsored insurance or could afford to buy coverage. But no one disagrees that widespread layoffs and elimination of employer-sponsored health coverage are causing the ranks of the uninsured to swell. For every worker who loses health benefits, the...
Sep 29, 2008 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
As many as one-third of the nation’s uninsured qualify for public health programs and the answer to getting them insured may be as simple as educating these individuals about which health insurance programs are available to them! That should be big news for hospitals, health systems, and clinical laboratories that spend millions of dollars annually on uncompensated care for uninsured individuals each year. About 34% of uninsured individuals qualify for public health programs but are not...
