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 'healthcare insurance'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:16:06 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107514&cid=t_232837_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fphysician-discusses-the-confusing-aspects-of-medicare-part-d%2F2011.08.09 I have discussed Medicare Part B and Part F in recent blogs. A reader asked about Medicare Part D: Dr. Feld “Please discuss Medicare Part D, the drug benefit plan available to seniors. It is very complicated and completely confusing to me. My physician gave me a prescription for Levequin 500 mg once a day for 10 days. The pharmacist told me it would cost me $330 dollars. Medicare Part D would pay an additional $110 dollars for a total of $440 dollars. I asked the pharmacist if there was a generic equivalent. The answer was yes. It cost $10 dollars. This is unconscionable. It is highway robbery. Sincerely a.g.” Several issues are presented in this readers note. It is essential to understand these issues. The issues are an indictment against government “controlled” programs. (m... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107514 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:00:44 +0100 5107514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4151790&cid=t_232837_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fyour-insurance-plan-you-can-keep-it-if-you-want%25e2%2580%259d%2F2010.11.09 Forgive me for being a little late to the healthcare insurance reform discussion. I was busy, y’know, providing actual healthcare to sick people while that whole rigamarole was going on. But that one sentence, uttered over and over by everyone from the President on down, always stuck in my craw. At long last, I’m finally able to properly articulate my response. Trying to pass sweeping health insurance reform legislation while telling people that, of course, they “can keep their current plans if they want” is like legislating tough new laws against wifebeating and assuring women that, of course, they can stay with their husbands if they like. No one tries to force victims of domestic violence to leave their abusers, but they do try to help them understand that they h... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4151790 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:00:17 +0100 4151790 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3854685&cid=t_232837_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspiewebnet%2F%7E3%2FZg8Gbe-2vig%2F So with all the new insurance laws floating out and about I think its a great time to talk about what the perfect Autism Insurance law would be.  So lets start a discussion and pose a question or two.  What would be the perfect Autism Insurance coverage law? What services would it cover? What would [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3854685 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:43:02 +0100 3854685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3854690&cid=t_232837_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspiewebnet%2F%7E3%2FAun6zIpvkhc%2F The house in Massachusetts has passed a bill requiring insurance providers to provide services for Autism.  The bill which is heavily opposed by the insurance industry and small business now goes to the state’s senate for vote. For more information on the bill visit read the write up on Massachusetts House Passes Autism Insurance Bill [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3854690 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:32:27 +0100 3854690 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3533838&cid=t_232837_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fone-more-medical-acronym-for-the-pile%2F2010.05.05 In medicine, hardly a week passes without the introduction of some new acronym, previously unspoken in the average practice, which then grows to prominence — take HIPAA, PECOS, CPT, ICD, etc. — the list goes on and on. I believe that after 14 years of practice I’ve earned the right to introduce an acronym of my own: CRAPP. For the last several months, my partner and I have used this term to describe the volumes of denials, pre- and prior- authorizations (is there really a difference?), and faxes that seem to grow like weeds on the fertile planting grounds of our desks. More specifically, in our office the acronym CRAPP stands for: Continuous Restrictive And Punitive Paperwork. To put it blithely, CRAPP could represent any document you wish someone had put on your partner’s ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3533838 Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:11 +0100 3533838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2782010&cid=t_232837_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fr1sh67TTEv4%2F Hell of a speech last night, eh?  Here are a few of my favorite gems. Under this plan, it will be against the law for insurance companies to deny you coverage because of a pre-existing condition. Translation: I, Barack Obama, ignoring thousands of years of failed price-control schemes, will impose price controls on health insurance. I will force insurers to sell a $50k policies for $10k. What could go wrong? We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per month. True. And your employer mandate would kill hundreds of thousands of low-wage jobs that would never come back. They will no longer be able to place some arbitrary cap on the amount of coverage you can receive in a given year or a lifetime.   We will place a limit on how much you can be charged for out-of-pocket expenses…. And i... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2782010 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:24:49 +0100 2782010 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2774588&cid=t_232837_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D7845 The US is in the midst of healthcare reforms. The current system with a hodge podge of private healthcare insurance companies and MCOs is badly in need of fixing. The private health system in Malaysia is in a similar state. One may argue that there are always the Government run public hospitals and clinics, but they are already overcrowded and the system is very strained and to be honest, not very efficiently run. It is not uncommon to see clinic follow-up appointments run into months later, difficulty getting basic CT scan appointments or very late histopathology reports which take weeks to obtain. The health insurance system in this country is run by for-profit health insurance companies and there-in lies the problem. Sadly many people cannot get healthcare insurance because these for-pr... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2774588 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2774588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2765985&cid=t_232837_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D7832 The US in the midst of formulating major healthcare reforms. What about Malaysia? How long can our dichotomous system of Government funded and Private hospital system stand up to the demands of expensive modern medical treatment? How about those who are poor and not insured? Are they being left behind? A Facebook friend has this in his status: No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick I agree. This is ideal but how are we to achieve this? I also spotted this “Official Song of Heathcare Reform” in the US. Thought it is appropriate in these trying times for us here in Malaysia - Don’t Leave Us Behind. from the Malaysian Medical Resources Health care reforms : don’t leave anyone behind (Source: Malaysian... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2765985 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2765985 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2727390&cid=t_232837_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2Fk4HKoTar5Fc%2Fhealthcare-spending-relative-ranking-by.html I am wondering if many people understand that we spend twice as much on healthcare as most industrialized countries. At the same time, our world ranking in healthcare delivery is poor.It might be interesting to note that the profits of healthcare insurance companies rose by more than 400 percent in the period 2000-2007.During the same period, the number of people without healthcare insurance, and the cost of healthcare insurance was rising fast.It also surprises me when I see people arguing on television that they prefer the status quo.All information is taking from 2005 OECD data unless otherwise noted.*2000, 2003-2005 World Health Organization Data. **2004 OECD data.Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, World Health OrganizationAnalysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers�... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2727390 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:46:16 +0100 2727390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2702463&cid=t_232837_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fdisability-healthcare-reform-autism-aspergers-townhall%2F Its time to discuss how the health care reform would affect those with Autism and their families.  So seeing as all the politicians are having townhall meetings on health care reform – why can’t AspieWeb? This post is going to be much like a forum thread, for people to talk about how the healthcare reform will [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2702463 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:51:11 +0100 2702463 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2702464&cid=t_232837_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fdisability-obama-healthcare-insurance-reform%2F While I was in jail we got to watch an hour of news a day, half an hour of which was always Glenn Beck.  While I agree with a lot of what Beck has to say generally, I still think hes a crazy hoot.  But what I have been seeing the last week has pissed [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2702464 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:19:47 +0100 2702464 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2702492&cid=t_232837_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2FH1NeNgEYFUA%2Fwaste-in-healthcare-spending-should-be.html Almost everyone agrees there is waste in healthcare spending.The real solution to the healthcare problem is similar to the problem that was faced by corporate American in the 1980s. The need to better utilize technology, and the need to increase productivity.Imagine in 2009, when you visit a new doctor/specialist you still need to fill out forms by hand. On these forms you are required to list all medical procedures-- like operations dating back to the day you were born.I have filled out these forms for my mother, and had to list an operation she had in 1950 over 50 times. The forms ask for all medical procedures, medications being taken, and past or current illnesses. If you mess up, under the law the health insurance provider can deny service, or worse, cancel your insurance.Meanwhile, a... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2702492 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:52:46 +0100 2702492 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2695590&cid=t_232837_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2Fk4HKoTar5Fc%2Fhealthcare-spending-relative-ranking-by.html I am wondering if many people understand that we spend twice as much on healthcare as most industrialized countries. At the same time, our world ranking in healthcare delivery is poor. It might be interesting to note that the profits of healthcare insurance companies rose by more than 400 percent in the period 2000-2007. During the same period, the number of people without healthcare insurance, and the cost of healthcare insurance was rising... This is a content summary. The Performance/Comparison chart is available on the website. Hit the headline to go directly to the article. I am interested in your comments, opinion, and viewpoint. (Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The) Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2695590 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:30:28 +0100 2695590 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2645523&cid=t_232837_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2FZBaeEJYMaeY%2Ftweet-your-senator-on-healthcare.html Healthcare insurance reform is currently a hot issue. You can make your voice heard via Twitter--by Tweeting your Senator in favor of healthcare reform.Tweet Your Senator is a new feature now available at BarackObama.com.Tweet Your Senator is easy and simple to use. You enter your zipcode and a pre-populated tweet is created that is directed at one of you Senators.After you are done entering your zipcode, you press a button, and the tweet goes up to your Twitter page and is ready to be sent. If your senator is not on Twitter, the tweet will include your Senator's name rather than their Twitter handle.The Tweet Your Senator page also contains an interactive map that is very interesting. If you tweet you might see your face.To Tweet Your Senator go here.Advice and Insight into Alzheimer's di... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2645523 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:39:39 +0100 2645523 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512442&cid=t_232837_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fdisability-pregnant-insurance-medicaid-bad%2F If you have medicaid for disability and end up getting pregnant, your going to have some very bad insurance.  Insurance seems to be a huge problem in the nation today, and having a pregnancy makes it worse if your on medicaid.Government run insurance appears to have its shortcomings, and pregnancy is another one of them.   [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512442 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:23:04 +0100 2512442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473202&cid=t_232837_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fsrb-41yebHw%2F Faced with rising opposition to a so-called “public option” in health care reform, some Democrats are floating the idea of establishing health insurance “co-operatives” as an alternative. Opponents of a government takeover of the health care system should not be fooled. A “co-op” can be defined as a business owned and controlled by its workers and the people who use its services, in this case presumably the people whom it insures. In that sense, government provision of some sort of legal framework or seed money to help establish health insurance co-ops seems relatively harmless but also relatively pointless. The U.S. already has some 1,300 insurance companies. Adding a few more would accomplish…what? It is suggested that the “co-ops” would be nonprofits, and therefore wou... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473202 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:02:11 +0100 2473202 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414747&cid=t_232837_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fvoum9yQVfCs%2F On Monday, the Obama administration held a well-publicized love-fest with lobbyists for the health care industry.  It turns out that rather than a “game-changer,” the event was a fraud.  And the industry got burned. At the time, President Obama called it a “a watershed event in the long and elusive quest for health care reform“: Over the next 10 years — from 2010 to 2019 — [these industry lobbyists] are pledging to cut the rate of growth of national health care spending by 1.5 percentage points each year — an amount that’s equal to over $2 trillion. By an amazing coincidence, $2 trillion is just enough to pay for Obama’s proposed government takeover of the health care sector. Yet The New York Times reports that isn’t the magnitude of sp... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414747 Fri, 15 May 2009 17:52:08 +0100 2414747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2249695&cid=t_232837_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FLLpycObJrWo%2F Kevin Drum writes, There are lots of things to hate about our current medical system, and all of us have our own favorite things to hate. This is mine: the fact that the system massively overcharges you if you’re uninsured, and they do it just because they can. If you’re uninsured, you’ve got no leverage, no alternatives, no nothing. So you get screwed. It’s like the shopkeepers who charge twenty bucks for a pair of flashlight batteries after hurricanes. Maybe it’s the free market at work, but if so, that’s all the worse for the free market. In the healthcare biz, it just doesn’t work. I see it’s time to roll up the sleeves. First, let’s look at price gouging after a hurricane. I admit it — in a free market, that’s precisely wha... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2249695 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:48:30 +0100 2249695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933236&cid=t_232837_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D5179 That’s what James Chin advises in Malaysian Insider and he also delves with issues on why the continues to be a haemorrhage of doctors from public service. Thus I am worried when I read that the government has grand plans to privatise more and more of the public healthcare system. Some of the options include having a private ward where patients who are willing to pay more get first preference in treatment. This scheme is called the Full-Paying Patients (FPP) scheme. The government’s argument is that by having a FPP scheme operating in more specialised clinics and hospitals, it will stop the exodus of highly-trained professionals from the public to the private sector. On the surface this argument holds water but on close inspection, you really have to wonder if it will stop a sp... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933236 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1933236 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1873074&cid=t_232837_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D4871 There was a recent proposal reported in the papers which says that there are plans to provide free hospitalisation care for private University students and Senior Citizens (though the latter get only “third class” care). KT has written to the Star to say this is a Waste of Tax Payers’ Money I AM disappointed to read about the Health Ministry’s delayed thoughts to give free ward stays to private university students and senior citizens when staff of rich private companies like TNB and Telekom are eligible all the while though they have their own panel of private clinics. The ministry should realise that giving free Government medical service to rich private companies is an abuse of not only taxpayers’ money but it is also adding to the government doctors’ workload. A... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1873074 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1873074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1268766&cid=t_232837_113_f&fid=36694&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcrossoverhealth.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F29%2Ffirst-party-financing-lets-get-real-about-health-care%2F Financing (fə-năns’) v. To provide or raise the funds or capital for: financed a new car. To supply funds to: financing a daughter through law school. To furnish credit to. The crisis that is American health care continues to get bad news. However, in a lame duck year, everyone realizes that not much is going to change. But, very shortly thereafter, there will be incredible pressure for change with a new president, a new congressional session, and a renewed public interest in health care policy. This election year has been all about CHANGE, and “change is a comin” one way or another. My own interest in health care reform has naturally led me to health care financing. I personally don’t believe anything is going to change until we radically alter how we pay f... Crossover Healthcare blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1268766 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:22:06 +0100 1268766 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1109952&cid=t_232837_136_f&fid=36051&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FCancerCommentary%2F%7E3%2F203829348%2F In the U.S. most people have private insurance – at least those that can afford it - but then there is a chance of a Universal Healthcare so that everyone can have access to the best healthcare. However, in Europe and  Canada, that is already the case and people just complain of long lines in hospitals and doctors’ clinics. I guess it is better to wait in line, than shoulder partial or all of your healthcare bills or not having the chance for the best treatments and Specialists. Where I am – The Philippines - if you are poor and have no health insurance, JUST PRAY that you won’t be contacted by any serious disease, because either you have no health insurance, or you have one but will not cover your cancer treatments. No kidding, that’s true! Finally it has been reported by the A... Cancer Commentary blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1109952 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:38:18 +0100 1109952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1147498&cid=t_232837_113_f&fid=36694&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcrossoverhealth.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F12%2F11%2Fback-in-the-saddle-and-ready-to-ride%2F Entrepreneur (ŏn‘trə-prə-nûr’) n. 1. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. 2. An individual who, rather than working as an employee, runs a small business and assumes all the risk and reward of a given business venture, idea, or good or service offered for sale. 3. Business leader and innovator of new ideas and business processes. I guess I never really thought about it before, but I have been in the risk business for a long time. After taking a traditionally very secure route to wealth creation in becoming a physician, I became enamored with the potential to have a far more reaching, and in my personal paradigm more meaningful, contribution to health care by attempting to take on some of its biggest challenges. I knew early on in my... Crossover Healthcare blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1147498 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:24:03 +0100 1147498 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1014985&cid=t_232837_97_f&fid=35050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmaGazette%2F%7E3%2F181846677%2Fgift_card_for_insurance_medical_fees_prescriptions.html I stumbled across this on The Wall Street Journal and was a tad puzzled. I'm Canadian (free health care) so this kind of thing is a slightly odd to me. Seems Pittsburg health insurer Highmark Inc is selling a Healthcare Visa Gift Card. It can be pre-loaded with any amount from $25 to $5,000 to cover elective surgery, contact lenses, gym memberships and even prescription co-payments.You can only get them online or by toll-free number and you can only use them at providers or merchants that Visa deems as health related. Oh and there's a $4.95 shipping and handling fee too.Highmark expects to sell "several hundred thousand" gift cards, mostly between $75 and $100, during the next year, Mr. Bellard said. (Source: PharmaGazette) PharmaGazette blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1014985 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:00:44 +0100 1014985 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=888661&cid=t_232837_140_f&fid=35458&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.schizophrenia.com%2Fsznews%2Farchives%2F005578.html As we've covered in the past - mental health insurance coverage is extremely poor in the US; with many people left uncovered at all or very low maximums (in terms of dollar amounts spent on mental health) that results in (Source: Schizophrenia Daily News Blog) Schizophrenia Daily News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=888661 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 888661 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=832628&cid=t_232837_140_f&fid=35458&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.schizophrenia.com%2Fsznews%2Farchives%2F005500.html The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday that the number of Americans who do not have any health insurance grew to an all time high of 47 million people last year. That increase of uninsured people is a rise of two (Source: Schizophrenia Daily News Blog) Schizophrenia Daily News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=832628 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 832628 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=726261&cid=t_232837_87_f&fid=34866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecardioblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F10%2Fmedical-tourism-is-on-the-rise%2F Filed under: Daily newsAs the nation grows more and more unhealthy and medical procedures become more and more expensive with each passing day, it's not hard to see why medical tourism--travelling to foreign countries in search of inexpensive yet qualified medical assistance--is soaring. In the US, health insurance is so expensive that many people can't afford it. And yet, we need doctors and hospitals. Going to a third-world country for medical treatment might seem dodgy but to someone with no other solution, it's a lifesaver. Here in Canada, the land of government-funded medicare, we have the opposite problem -- we get healthcare for free (to a certain extent), but the system is taxed beyond belief, and with so many doctors heading to the USA to make more money, there aren't many left to... The Cardio Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=726261 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 726261 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=577960&cid=t_232837_140_f&fid=35458&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.schizophrenia.com%2Fsznews%2Farchives%2F004973.html An article in the San Jose Mercury News tells about a mental illness insurance parity bill, AB423, going before the California Assembly's health committee, and the irony of Santa Clara County supervisors considering cutting $34 million from the mental health (Source: Schizophrenia Daily News Blog) Schizophrenia Daily News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=577960 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 577960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=563777&cid=t_232837_140_f&fid=35458&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.schizophrenia.com%2Fsznews%2Farchives%2F004963.html In February NAMI suggested that the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 (available for download here) is an the unprecedented bipartisan agreement achieved by Senators Pete Domenici, Ted Kennedy and Mike Enzi. It expands on the federal parity law passed (Source: Schizophrenia Daily News Blog) Schizophrenia Daily News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=563777 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 563777