While the campaign pundits frame health care exclusively around the single issue of who pays there are several other unmentionable elephants in the room.
http://www.newstarget.com/0224…
Oh, it had nothing to do with a known neurotoxin.
With the new advances in genetic testing proving “you will get” disease X,Y or Z will insurance comanies deny coverage. Do you see a marked increase in the promotion of medical screenings?
Marketing study. Pick up any woman’s magazine. Count the ads dedicated to drugs, along with the legal disclaimers in number two font. Can you throw a rock toward the next CVS?
On this next one I’m just going to give you the Google keywords
Bill Frist+immunity for big pharma
And thus begat it’s ugly cousin
http://www.hhs.gov/aspr/barda/…
HIPPA and medical records “privacy”
Does that include those guys over in India who process your denied claims?
http://noteworthyehr.com/pdfs/…
http://www.patientprivacyright…
Now the obvious answer is to require people to buy health insurance just like mAssachusetts did.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news…
I do, I have a 5000 per year policy and they routinely deny claims using a systematic basis. Zero information is available about what is and what is not “covered” beforehand, you don’t get that until the benefit denial statement.
Now are you really scared yet?
http://www.worldprivacyforum.o…