Preventive health care begins when you are born and continues until the end of life. Newborns are screened for metabolic illness (PKU) and hypothyroidism. The elderly are screened for osteoporosis and protected from falls. (more…)
Primary Care practices are under severe financial pressure. The costs of being in practice continue to rise, and the reimbursements are limited by contracts with insurance companies, Medicare, and MediCal. Up until this month Medicare was threatening a 10% cut in fees, but substituted a one-half per cent increase for six months. The future is uncertain. (more…)
True preventive care begins before the onset of obvious symptoms. (more…)
Hospitals are difficult to run. They have a high fixed overhead, massive amounts of regulation, and an an unavoidable legal obligation to their community. Recently, they have been criticized by the Institute of Medicine and the press for errors, avoidable complications and deaths. Their finances should be described as "robbing Peter to pay Paul". (more…)
Health care costs continue to increase and everyone is concerned. The question is where is the money going? (more…)
Health insurance needs to be renamed to illness insurance. This is due to the nature of allopathic medicine. (more…)
