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Most of us take having a bank account for granted, but could a lack of bank accounts cause a major wrinkle with Obamacare: One in five households in the U.S. have only a tenuous relationship with a traditional bank. Many of 51 million adults in these households rely on check-cashing stores and money lenders, the . . . → Read More: Obamacare: Will Bank Accounts Stand Between the Uninsured and Health Insurance? Great op-ed by Professor David B. Agus of the University of Southern California in the The New York Times: Unlike routine tests for diabetes or high cholesterol, however, the BRCA gene evaluation — performed by only one company in the United States, Myriad Genetics — is phenomenally expensive, with a “list price” close to . . . → Read More: Genetic Testing: Dollars and Sense And the high-deductible health insurance plan is all part of the new normal: When Maria and Vadim Brodsky’s then 7-year-old daughter needed an MRI two years ago to examine a tumor in her head, they took her to a hospital in their health plan’s network and were dismayed to receive a $4,500 bill. The couple . . . → Read More: High-Deductible Health Insurance: My Mama Told Me, You Better Shop Around… When it comes to the healthcare debate, Governor John Kitzhber of Oregon loves to tell a story about an air conditioner: As it turns out, I have heard the air-conditioner story. Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) loves to tell the air-conditioner story. He loves to tell it so much, in fact, that it has become . . . → Read More: The Oregon Health Experiment: Does It All Boil Down to An Air Conditioner? Not sure if this is a list that any hospital wants to be at the top of: When Medicare disclosed average charges from thousands of U.S. hospitals for 100 common procedures last week, only one hospital was near the top in every category: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Be it a cardiac stent, a . . . → Read More: Cedars-Sinai Tops Lists for Hospital Pricing Why are Americans unaware of Obamacare? Tell us about it in our discussion forum! Just a reminder that some folks are still trying to keep the single-payer dream alive: Wes Brain was uninsured last winter when a tonsillectomy showed signs of throat cancer. He qualified for the high-risk Oregon Medical Insurance Pool, which the state has administered through Regence BlueCross BlueShield. But gaining access to that insurance soon proved . . . → Read More: Is a Single-Payer System Still on the Table? We’re still mulling over the implications of Angelina Jolie’s stunning announcement this week, but one note. While we applaud her bravery in bringing so much attention to an important issue in women’s health, we strongly suggest that anyone thinking of undergoing the BRAC1 gene testing to read Dr. H. Gilbert Welch’s opinion piece in CNN: . . . → Read More: Angelina Jolie: Before You Rush Out To Get Tested… There’s been a lot of talk about the so-called Oregon Experiment. Oregon conducts an annual lottery for a few precious spots in its state Medicaid program. Recently, a group of researchers looked into the program, as a look as to whether an expanded Medicaid makes any difference to people’s health. Well, Kaiser Health News . . . → Read More: The Oregon Medicaid Lottery, a Winner’s Story If Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement about her decision to have a double mastectomy has made you think about the procedure, you’re not alone: Approximately 100,000 women undergo mastectomies each year, according to Decision Researches, a Burlington, Massachusetts industry analysis group, and the popularity of the procedure has grown. Rates of double mastectomies more than doubled . . . → Read More: Double Mastectomies, Numbers Rise and So Do Costs |
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