Tweet I’ve been listening to a lot of TedTalks recently and highly recommend listening to them on long roadtrips. Here are some of my favorite ones related to health care: Atul Gawande: How do we heal Medicine? Rebecca Onie What if our healthcare system kept us healthy? Eric Dishman: Take health care off the… Continue Reading
Category Archives: General Updates
Health Data Liberation Movement
Tweet I have had enough – I want control of my data and I want it now! I have spent the last weeks having conversations about access to health data, ownership of data – both from an individual and a corporate standpoint, transparency of health care data, and the meaning of “confidential information” as it… Continue Reading
Vacation Time
Tweet I’m taking a vacation – a real vacation – and leaving the internet at home. Be back in about a week… … Continue Reading
What are the negotiated discounts on my health insurance bills?
Tweet What is going on when you get a medical bill for some huge amount and the insurance company negotiated rate is 70-90% lower than what the doctor billed? What’s really happening here? The higher rate that is billed by your doctor/hospital is the rates charged to someone that does not have insurance. These rates… Continue Reading
11 Quotes About The Future of Health Care
Tweet Since we have to wait until June to hear the Supreme Court’s decision about the Affordable Care Act, let’s not ignore the fact that despite what happens, there’s still a huge health care problem. (chart with large numbers below) So let’s look past the anticipation of a decision and look at some quotes from… Continue Reading
