Health Versus Health Care Talk to Americans about health and the topic generally switches—immediately—to health care. It makes sense. Health care is our Titanic. In what other country do you spend 18% of your total economy on a crazy, dysfunctional system which ranks you 50th in the world for lifespan (according to the CIA). In the […]
“This is ridiculous” – hospital costs and you (4/30/12)
The Surreal Becomes Real When it comes to American health care, the impossible often transforms into the routine. Add another feature to the list —hospital costs.As I write in my new book “Healthy Without Health Insurance,” people look at their medical/hospital bills and notice “an extra zero. Make that two zeroes.”Consider appendectomies. As reported by […]
Social health – getting you and the economy better (4/24/12)
Health and Economics Out of 33 countries considered to possess a “developed” economy, there is one that does not have universal health coverage. That country is the US. Historians argue why we are such an outlier. Not only do we not possess universal health care coverage, but national policies rarely reward health as the goal […]
The Medical Way to Bankruptcy (2/20/12)
A New Model for Insolvency The American health care system is failing. As it falls, many get hurt. One of the biggest groups are those without health insurance, particularly those who receive emergency medical care in hospitals – including “charity” hospitals. An article in the Febuary 13th New York Times what happens when people can’t […]
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Health Care (12/20/10)
Why We Fear Telling What We Know Congress did the right thing. Now men and women can fight and die for their country without fearing for their careers, and living to acknowledge the people they love. Health care is another story. Too many people are scared to tell anyone, especially their doctors, about their symptoms […]