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 'insured'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4433102&cid=t_161704_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Faccountable-care-act-unconstitutional-the-fate-of-americans-health%2F2011.02.03 A Florida’s judge’s ruling that the Accountable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional doesn’t resolve the underlying constitutional issue (which will ultimately have to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court) but it has introduced new uncertainty for the $2.3 trillion health care industry, and emboldened the law’s critics to push even harder for repeal (not that they weren’t trying already). The Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) health blog reports that “states and companies that are supposed to be implementing the law trying to figure out what to do next. The WSJ reports that the 26 states that are parties to the suit are considering whether to ask the Supreme Court to take up the case now, before it has fully wended its way through the legal system. The New York Times (NYT) quotes the... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4433102 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:00:00 +0100 4433102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4200561&cid=t_161704_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-we-should-be-thankful-for-the-uninsured%2F2010.11.25 In what has become a tradition over the past few years, DrRich proudly reprises his annual Thanksgiving message to his beloved readers: Gathered around the Thanksgiving table, DrRich’s large extended family, carrying out a longstanding tradition, each offered in their turn one reason for being thankful on this most reflective of American holidays. DrRich listened respectfully as each of his loved ones, and each of the ones he was obligated to tolerate benignly because they had married (or in some other manner had committed to) one of his loved ones, recounted a cause for thanks. There is no need for DrRich to recite their utterances here, because they were all perfectly predictable and fairly mundane, having mostly to do with items such as maintaining good health, finding a job, being ab... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4200561 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:00:30 +0100 4200561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3938327&cid=t_161704_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fphysician-burnout-doctors-and-patients-deserve-better%2F2010.09.06 A new patient recently said he was referred to me after his last doctor had left medicine. His old doctor always looked unhappy and burned out, he noted. Burnout affects more than half of doctors, according to researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Beyond mere job dissatisfaction, these doctors are emotionally exhausted to the point where they lose focus. They tend to be more depressed — perhaps one reason why doctors have a higher suicide rate than the general population. While burnout can happen in any profession, the performance of stressed-out doctors can hurt someone else: Patients. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at KevinMD.com* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3938327 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:00:14 +0100 3938327 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3235822&cid=t_161704_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5enJUOi_gbY%2F By Tad DeHavenThe Federal Housing Administration has been one of the government’s main instruments for propping up the housing market in the wake of the housing bust. But as has been widely reported, the FHA is in danger of needing a taxpayer bailout because of rising defaults on mortgages it insures. FHA-insured loans originated in 2007 and 2008 – when Bush administration housing officials were mainly concerned with “winning back our share of the market” – are defaulting at higher rates as this graphic from the Washington Post shows: FHA officials are optimistic a bailout won’t be needed, but the Post reports that not everyone shares this optimism: The audit, released in November, found that the cash the FHA set aside to pay for unexpected losses had dipped to historic lows, ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3235822 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:36:23 +0100 3235822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1484821&cid=t_161704_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fis-there-a-dentist-in-the-house%2F In an age when cosmetic dentistry is on the rise and people are concerned about the oral health of their pets’ teeth, many across the globe have trouble getting to see a dentist for more important things – from regular checkups to treatment of life-threatening dental abscesses. Add to this that we now know for a fact dental disease contributes to overall, serious health problems, and we have the makings of a real moral dilemma. NHS Waiting List Reaches 30K in UK A recently-released study by the British Medical Journal tells us that in the UK, hospitalization for dental abscesses has doubled in the past ten years. Internet news relates horror stories about people pulling their own rotting teeth. And the waiting list for an adult to see an NHS dentist is 30,000 names deep. A new de... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1484821 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:12:56 +0100 1484821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1134201&cid=t_161704_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHealth%2F%7E3%2F212653017%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1134201 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:03:22 +0100 1134201