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Of course, our nation’s Conservative leaders are NOT going to take this attack on American Exceptionalism lying down. What’s their plan? To increase spending on neonatal health care? To provide better prenatal care for expecting mothers? To improve American health care facilities and access to insurance?
Nope. They have a BETTER way.
They’re gonna question the methodology the WHO used to come UP with these figures.
http://www.billschmalfeldt.com/2011/08/31/usa-ranks-41-in-infant-mortality-tied-with-qatar/Of course, our nation’s Conservative leaders are NOT going to take this attack... more
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As many as 20 states probably will not operate new insurance programs for Americans who have been denied health coverage.As many as 20 states probably will not operate new insurance programs for Americans... more
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Insurance giant WellPoint routinely drops policyholders who develop breast cancer. The company, which has 33.7 million policyholders -- more than any other health insurance company in the United States, uses a computer algorithm that automatically targets every policyholder recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Government regulators and investigators say the software triggers an immediate fraud investigation, as the company searches for some pretext to drop their policies.Insurance giant WellPoint routinely drops policyholders who develop breast cancer. The... more
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Collapses, waits 45 minutes for response
KINGS COUNTY (WABC) -- A 49-year-old woman who was brought to the psychiatric ward at Kings County Hospital died after collapsing in the waiting area. She was found unresponsive on the floor 45 minutes later, despite being surrounded by other people who did nothing to help her.
The whole incident was caught on a hospital surveillance camera.
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation reported the incident surrounding the woman's death to a number of health oversight agencies and law enforcement authorities.
While the case is under further review, HHC President Alan Aviles directed the suspension or termination of six hospital employees, including staff involved with the direct care of the patient, as well as managers of security and clinical services.
The woman was brought to the Psychiatric Emergency Department at the hospital by EMS on the morning of June 18 suffering from agitation and psychosis. Officials say she refused medical review and was involuntarily admitted. She was in the Psychiatric ED waiting room, waiting for a bed in the inpatient unit to become available.
Early in the morning on June 19, she was found unresponsive on the floor. The video shows her falling out of the chair and onto the floor, thrashing about and kicking her legs. There were at least three other patients in the waiting area at the time, and several employees of the hospital are seen looking at her on the floor and walking away.
A preliminary review conducted by Kings County Hospital and HHC staff has determined the patient remained on the floor for 45 minutes before she received medical attention.
"We are all shocked and distressed by this situation," Aviles said. "What our investigation so far determined violates the basic principles of the compassionate healthcare practiced every day here at Kings County and across our public hospital system. We express our deep regrets to the patient's family and will ensure a thorough investigation to answer any questions that remain."
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation released the following statement:
"It is clear that some of our employees failed to act based on our compassionate standards of care. Immediately after the incident was discovered on June 20, and following a preliminary investigation by HHC staff, HHC President Alan D. Aviles directed the suspension and termination of those involved. The case and video surveillance tapes were immediately turned over to a number of health oversight agencies, medical misconduct boards and law enforcement.
****please read my comment towards the bottom. The same thing happened in LA last month!*****Collapses, waits 45 minutes for response
KINGS COUNTY (WABC) -- A 49-year-old woman... more
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Dr Husam Zarad & 40 other Muslim doctors in Hernando County will begin working on Saturdays in their new space in the Brook Plaza at Broad Street and Ponce de Leon Boulevard, just outside downtown Brooksville. Their goal is to provide free care to the growing number of underserved and uninsured people in Hernando County (which is 18% of Hernando's residents who dont have medical insurance).
"This is our dream coming true," Zarad said, wiping sweat from his brow after angling the table into the room. "This is how we are going to give back to our community."
With Zarad and a handful of other doctors at the lead, they're ready to give back the way that their religion asks them — even if it's in a county where religious tensions still run high.
"Charity and doing good make up the Third Pillar of Islam," Zarad said. "And after talking about this for so long, we decided to make it really happen. I'm losing sleep just thinking of the benefits this will bring for the community."
Dr Husam Zarad & 40 other Muslim doctors in Hernando County will begin working on... more
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TOLEDO, Ohio - Manor Care Inc. said Friday that private-equity firm Carlyle Group has completed its $6.3 billion acquisition of the nation's largest chain of nursing homes.
Why is the Carlyle Group buying American Nursing Homes? Do they see Americans going away from war and back to spending on American health care? Are they positioning themselves to get our tax dollars through nursing homes and the possibility of National Health Care? Will the Carlyle Group's purchase benefit Americans in nursing homes, or be another cash cow for big business?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3070798.ece The Times also reported: Magna Carta bought for $21m by US tycoon. The only copy of Magna Carta in private hands sold for $21.32 million (£10.6 million) this morning in the first auction of the ?birth certificate of freedom?.
The 1297 example, described as the most important document to come up for sale, was acquired by David Rubenstein, the founder of the Carlyle Group, at Sotheby?s in New York. He has paid $8,528 a word.
The document established the principle of habeas corpus, which protects people against unlawful imprisonment by ensuring such rights as trial by jury and freedom from unlawful arrest.
Clause 39 proclaims: ?No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or outlawed or exiled or in any way ruined, nor will we go or send against him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.? The Carlyle Group may find it ironic they can purchase the paper document, can they do away with the words on the document?
TOLEDO, Ohio - Manor Care Inc. said Friday that private-equity firm Carlyle Group has... more
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