Showing posts with label healthcare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthcare. Show all posts
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Real Healthcare Systems
In this blogger's opinion, T.R. Reid's The Healing of America is the single most useful description of healthcare models available today -- the book describes four systems in use around the world, and how they compare.
Hear an interview with Reid here.
Full transcript of interview here.
Don't bother joining in the healthcare discussion without the information here.
See also: 5 Myths About Health Care Around the World
If you're a Native American or a veteran you live in Britain. They get government health care and government hospitals from government doctors and they never get a bill.
If you're an employed person sharing your health insurance premium with your employer, you live in Germany. That's the Bismarck model that was invented in Germany and used in many countries.
If you're a senior and you buy Medicare insurance from the government and go to private doctors, you live in Canada. That's the Canadian model. As a matter of fact, the Canadian health care system is called Medicare, and when Lyndon Johnson provided it for our seniors in 1965 he borrowed both the model and the name from Canada.
And if you're one of the tens of millions of Americans who can't get health insurance, well, you live in Malawi or Madagascar or Mali or something...
Another interview with Reid here.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Low-cost health plan available to Miami-Dade residents
A low-cost health plan is now available for Miami-Dade County residents who don't have insurance.
BY WILMA HERNANDEZ
WHERNANDEZ@MIAMIHERALD.COM
Miami-Dade residents who don't have health insurance can sign up for a new plan aimed at helping the estimated 600,000 uninsured in the county.
Called Miami-Dade Blue, the program went into effect July 1. It's a joint venture between the county and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida and is designed with low premiums and low co-pays.
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Depending on age and gender, individuals can expect to pay between $70 and $300 a month for coverage, which includes regular check-ups, pharmacy, labs, emergency room visits, basic dental care and hospital coverage.
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An obstacle the county faced was bargaining prices with hospitals and healthcare providers, Martinez said. The program has about 1,500 doctors in the network, with most of them agreeing to take about $50 for a basic office visit, which is the amount the plan will pay. Specialists will cost more.
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Miami-Dade officials estimate there are 600,000 uninsured people countywide. Of those, 80 percent work but cannot afford health coverage.
The plan is open to individuals under 65, regardless of income. more...
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