Friday, January 23, 2009 11:04 AM EST
CASSOPOLIS – Isolated Cass County Medical Care Facility “experienced one of its most difficult years” in 2007-2008, Administrator Merri Terborgh and Dowagiac certified public accountant Rebecca L. Moore acknowledged to the Board of Commissioners Thursday night.
A Sept. 30, 2008, audit conducted by Plante Moran chronicles alarming financial swings.
Cash decreased $451,000, from $1,971,866 on Sept. 30, 2007, Read the rest of this entry »

With California unemployment rates at an all-time high, people are facing a double whammy — losing their job and their health care.  A new report finds it will take a big bite out of your unemployment check to keep your health insurance.  Kelley Weiss reports.
The report is by the consumer advocacy group Families USA. It shows most laid-off workers have to spend about three-quarters of their unemployment benefits to keep their health care insurance. Read the rest of this entry »

The weeks since Hurricane Ike slammed ashore on Galveston Island have been filled with uncertainty.
Residents who rode out the storm waited for rescue. Those who heeded a mandatory evacuation call waited for permission to return. They waited for electrical and water service — some still are waiting — and for direction on what repairs would be permitted.
The waiting has been especially difficult for the 12,000 employees whose futures Read the rest of this entry »

Dallas hospital’s team helps families, doctors navigate difficult process at end of life
03:20 PM CST on Sunday, December 14, 2008
Min Patel huddled in a fourth-floor hallway with Dr. Edward Taylor near an intensive care unit, where the trauma surgeon’s patient lay tethered to a ventilator. Seven intravenous pumps pushed a cocktail of chemicals into his body to fight infection and keep his heart pumping.
The stakes didn’t Read the rest of this entry »

Dallas hospital’s team helps families, doctors navigate difficult process at end of life
03:20 PM CST on Sunday, December 14, 2008
Min Patel huddled in a fourth-floor hallway with Dr. Edward Taylor near an intensive care unit, where the trauma surgeon’s patient lay tethered to a ventilator. Seven intravenous pumps pushed a cocktail of chemicals into his body to fight infection and keep his heart pumping.
The stakes didn’t Read the rest of this entry »

In these troubling economic times, people may be unable to make their healthcare a priority and may feel that they don’t have the money to visit their doctor or fill a prescription. According to a survey by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) released in August 2008:(1)
— Twenty-two percent of Americans say that they have cut back on the number of times they see a physician as a result of the weaker economy.
— Eleven Read the rest of this entry »

Indianapolis (PRWEB) October 13, 2008 — In these troubling economic times, people may be unable to make their health care a priority and may feel that they don't have the money to visit their doctor or fill a prescription. According to a survey by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) released in August 2008:
Twenty-two percent of Americans say that they have cut back on the number of times they see a physician as a result Read the rest of this entry »

– The Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) helps qualifying
patients who lack prescription coverage receive the medicines they need
through public or private programs. Many of these programs are offered by
individual pharmaceutical companies. PPA is sponsored by the Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), doctors, other health care
providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups. There is no
cost Read the rest of this entry »

9:40am UK, Monday October 13, 2008
Seve Ballesteros is to undergo a biopsy on his brain tumour in what he has called “the most difficult game of my life”.
after fainting last Monday.
The five-time major winner was diagnosed with the brain tumour after undergoing several tests.
He informed his family, then shared the bad news with the Spanish media.
He said: “After the exhaustive tests that I have undertaken in the Hospital La Paz, they have Read the rest of this entry »

CHAMPAIGN – Have you been turned down for a job or denied health insurance recently, and can’t figure out why?
The reason might be tucked away in your private medical records.
And, thanks to an identity thief, the reason might be 100 percent false.
A dangerous twist on an old scam, medical identity theft happens when someone steals your identity to receive medical care or buy drugs in your name.
The victim winds up with a medical record Read the rest of this entry »