When saving for retirement is perceived as glamorous — for traveling to Hawaii or dining al fresco on the Mediterranean — it’s more palatable than realism. But the harsh reality is that nearly everyone will need health care while retired. And insufficient savings for health care will make most other retirement hopes mere fantasies. A [...]
Continue reading …Insurance industry organizations, groups representing hospitals, doctors and nurses — as well as groups that represent consumers and the uninsured — have announced studies and plans that reflect both the need for health care reform and their need to shape the dialogue. America’s Health Insurance Plans has released reports showing that Medicare Advantage — a [...]
Continue reading …Part oral history and part theatrical performance, Invisible Voices was created to help heal the breach between disabled people — whatever their disability — and people who tend to see them as stereotypes. Part of Ping Chong’s groundbreaking series “Undesirable Elements,” the play tells the story of six Colorado residents through their own words. Four [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Finance — which took the biggest blow in the latest budget cuts — will receive a $42 million grant from the federal government. Administered during the next five years, the grant will help health care organizations invest in infrastructure and technology to improve efficiency. Access to medical [...]
Continue reading …Adolescents and young adults diagnosed with blood-related cancers have better long-term survival rates than those who were diagnosed during the 1980s. A study in the journal Cancer, published by the American Cancer Society, shows that significant advances have been made in the treatment of 15- to 24 year-olds with leukemias and lymphomas; however, survival rates [...]
Continue reading …Health-care costs are expected to rise an average of 10.5 percent during the next 12 months, say researchers at Aon Consulting. Aon surveyed more than 60 health-care insurers representing more than 100 million policyholders. The survey found an expected increase of 10.4 percent for both HMOs and POS plans, a 10.7 percent increase for PPOs and [...]
Continue reading …Human resource executives recommend that college graduates pursue engineering, health care and computer science degrees. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that computer science will be one of the fastest growing occupations during the next 10 years. The health sector is expected to add more jobs than any other industry – three million new salary [...]
Continue reading …Pilot programs that reward doctors and hospitals for performance and quality medicine pay off in terms of financial savings and patient health. During the past five years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been rewarding doctors in private practice, as well as hospitals, for improving the quality of care and reducing the effects [...]
Continue reading …Study claims that doctors are dramatically raising prices for out-of-network care The health insurance industry has fired another salvo in the health care reform battle, releasing a study that claims doctors are overcharging patients — sometimes by as much as 4,000 percent. America’s Health Insurance Plans claims that doctors who choose not to participate in health networks [...]
Continue reading …A growing chorus of health care providers believes something is missing from the debate about reform — personal responsibility, an individual pledge to move toward wellness. “We have a huge disease burden, said Dr. James Rohack, president of the Board of Trustees of the American Medical Association who was in Colorado Springs last week. “Obesity [...]
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