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Law & Politics | By August 29, 2007 | By JC, MD | 2 Comments
A Patient is Not a Consumer
I’m going out on a limb here but in many respects, a patient is not a consumer. Most of the changes in the medical system are based on the consumer model of healthcare. The problem with the consumer model is that medical service is not like buying a product from Wal-Mart. You can’t return it when it malfunctions. There is no lifetime warranty. There are no guarantees. It is almost impossible to compare services of one physician to another. Every surgeon or physician practices a little different. It is difficult to define what is the “best” service or product. Read more →
- Medicare Begins its “Never Pay” Category
- Implications of War in Northern Uganda on Mental Health
- Do You Want Your Surgery to be Videotaped?
- The Mental Health Parity Bill of 2007
Medicare recently came out with its “Never Pay” guidelines. The presumed motivation is the exponentially rising cost of medical care over the years that payers cannot sustain. The largest payer in the world is the U.S. Government in the form of Medicare payments. In an effort to reduce costs,... Read more →
A recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) released articles dedicated to the study of conflict, human rights, and international mental health consequences. Some of the most striking papers dealt specifically with the psychological effects of war as well as the implications... Read more →
Legislation in Massachusetts has been proposed this year that would require licensed hospitals to make video and audio recordings of all surgeries. If you were a patient having surgery, would you want your surgery to be videotaped? As you can imagine, this piece of legislation has met strong opposition... Read more →
Last month, the U.S. Senate approved what will be known as the Mental Health Parity Bill. This piece of legislation will require group health plans with mental health benefits to offer them at the same level as physical health benefits. The measure does not affect individual insurance plans but only... Read more →
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
- The Anti-Psychiatry Movement
- Should Doctors Have Guns?
- Vaccines - A Two-Edged Sword
- Extremist Muslim Doctors Do More Than Heal
- Woman Comparable to Men in Domestic Violence: Stereotypes and their Consequences
- God And Religion: Is It All In Our Heads?
- The Bipolar Trend
- Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn't Mess Around
- The Implications of Implanted Chips
- The Science of Brain Freeze
- The Biopsychosocial Model of Health & Illness
- Is War A Psychosis?
- Unhinging from Theory: Autism and Opinions
- Mind-Body: We Want Evidence, Don't We?
- Encephalon, Thirty-Third Edition
- Meditation for Troubled Minds: Can the Mind Heal the Mind?
- Acknowledging Vaccination Concerns
- Usually It's Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court
- Integrating Schizophrenia Management
- Rabies Virus Helps Deliver Drugs into the Brain
- China’s Tainted Reputation
- The Silent Epidemic of Health Illiteracy
- Managed Care Kills a Provider’s Reputation
- Writing Away Your Worries
- Sleep Deprivation, Behavior, and the Young
- Preventative Care in Medicine
- Cheating Husbands - What His Genes Tell Us
- Reduced Empathy Following Traumatic Brain Injury
- Craniosacral Therapy – Healing Through Touch
- Brain Blogging, Thirty-Ninth Edition
- Are Doctors Super Human?
- Taking Care of Those Who Take Care of Us
- Water - How Much is Too Much?
- Involving Physicians in Military Interrogations
- What Does Your iPod Say About You?
- HIPAA Doesn’t Exist For Doctors
- Is the Primary Care Physician Becoming Extinct?
- George Huntington and the Disease Bearing His Name
- Physiological Effects of Alcohol Consumption
- Antipsychotics May Decrease the Risk of Suicide
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