Monthly Archives: August 2009

Oregon State Health Plan Denies Cancer Drug

You need to watch this video. I’m worried. Click “view full post”

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Do you “Get Away?”

I recently took a weekend trip with a buddy of mine to do some hiking in Utah. He and I try to take this trip every year, and it gives us both time to slow down, reflect on the year, and kick ideas around for our businesses. On these trips, we spend 4-6 hours hiking...

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“Quality-adjusted Life Years” and what it means in Government sponsored Health Care

How much is one year of your life worth? According to the government in Great Britain, it is $45,000. The British single-payer system arrived at the price of an additional year of life in the same way they decide how much health care all British people will get, through a formula called “quality-adjusted life years.”...

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Get Free Stuff from your medical plan!

In this competitive world of group health insurance plans, insurance companies are looking at different ways to make their plans unique, control claims, or add prevention tools to their benefit offerings. For example, even though a health plan may not provide coverage for acupuncture, through the ancillary plan members can receive a discount for this...

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