MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cancer insurance'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:46:06 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4105962&cid=t_407547_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fradiation-anyone.html In treatment for thyroid cancer, patients are often given a dose of radioactive iodine which will dissolve any thyroid cancer cells. But as you swallow radiation, it is then released from your body in its normal processes - sweat, saliva, urine - over the next few days. Now a days, patients are released from the hospital the same day and told to stay away from pregnant women and small children, sleep alone, and not share food or drink for a few days. Apparently before 1997 the NRC mandated hospital stays during radiation decay.I don't remember this part. I don't recall being hospitalized for radiation. I think I was given radioactive iodine and sent home. My brain is a sieve but you would think I would remember that. But the problem now a days, is patients who don't live near their hospita... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4105962 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:27:00 +0100 4105962 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3640995&cid=t_407547_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wsjonline.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2FE4dOrDYNJkE%2F Also: health-overhaul initiatives in November; CVS and Walgreen duke it out over PBM; lack of evidence on atrial fibrillation treatments. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog) WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3640995 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:46:20 +0100 3640995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3618107&cid=t_407547_160_f&fid=36189&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skinmdblog.com%2F140%2Fmole-removal-by-a-dermatologist%2F Mole removal should only be performed by a dermatologist.  Here’s what you can expect to happen during your appointment. Your medical and family history will first be taken.  You may be asked questions about any family history of skin cancer.  Although most moles are benign, those that are unusual in appearance (size, shape or color) may be cancerous. If cancer is suspected, a biopsy will be done.  Depending on the type of cancer that is suspected, the biopsy may involve removing it completely.  For example, if a melanoma is suspected, at least a portion will be removed for microscopic evaluation. Insurance companies will not pay for removing benign moles for cosmetic reasons, but if some type of cancer is suspected, the procedure is a medical necessity and will be covered.  Typica... Skin MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3618107 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:48:27 +0100 3618107 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1924939&cid=t_407547_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wsjonline.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2FSOe2i0DGj6A%2F We can’t say we recall many instances of health insurers making a big show about what they’ll pay for twice. But Aetna put out an announcement today that says if there’s uncertainty about the accuracy of a test that breast-cancer patients get, the insurer will cover a do-over. The test determines whether a patient’s tumor expresses an excess amount of a protein called HER2. If the test comes back positive, the patient may be a candidate for Genentech’s breast-cancer drug Herceptin, which targets HER2. But, as we pointed out early this year, the tests have sometimes proved unreliable. Some problems have to do with the labs’ technique; others have to do with how the results are interpreted by doctors. Aetna isn’t making a big change to its benefits s... WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1924939 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:24:01 +0100 1924939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1261926&cid=t_407547_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wsjonline.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2F242293532%2F Aetna’s backing off from its plan to refuse payment for an expensive form of anesthesia used during colonoscopies — at least for the moment. But the company signaled that new drugs and devices may soon hit the market and resolve the longstanding debate over payment for the anesthesia. The company said today it’s shelving a plan to stop paying for propofol, which some doctors say makes colonoscopies less uncomfortable by putting patients in a twilight state. But use of the drug adds between $200 and $1,000 to the cost of the procedure, largely because an anesthesiologist is typically present to administer the drug. The policy, which had been set to go into effect in April, would have covered drugs that induce “moderate sedation,” which can be given without an ... WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1261926 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:53:10 +0100 1261926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=497093&cid=t_407547_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthbolt.net%2F2007%2F03%2F23%2Fbreast-cancer-survivor-governor-lacks-compassion%2F Jeanne, over at The Assertive Cancer Patient is, er, asserting herself. She’s fighting mad and I’m helping spread the word. Having never had cancer myself, I lack perspective. So, I’m doing the ol’ copy and paste of Jeanne’s post: I was told yesterday that the governor, Chris Gregoire, doesn’t want the emergency clause in the bill that would raise the cap on WSHIP to a lifetime max of $2 million from $1 million.Of course, without the emergency clause, the change in the law won’t help me, since my health insurance through WSHIP is going to max out in about September or October, leaving me to face $300,000 a year in bills for my cancer treatment.Pretty cold. And the governor herself is a breast cancer survivor. You’d think she’d have mo... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=497093 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:02:17 +0100 497093