In years past, all of the medical drama shows pretty much featured men as the doctors, with women relegated to the positions of nurses and lovers (and in some cases, both). All that has changed dramatically in the past 10 years or so. While we’ll give a nod to feminism and the portrayal of strong [...]
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There’s no question that medical insurance is expensive. And the truth is that everyone who has it, pays for it. Even if your employer covers the cost of your coverage, the cost is passed on to you in terms of lower wages than they would otherwise pay you. As we heard one employers say during [...]
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If your grandparents come from the Greatest Generation like ours did, and settled down to build homes and raise families in the clean cut 1950s, after returning from Europe and Asia following World War II, they can probably tell you a lot about the beginnings of the medical insurance industry.
Medical insurance has been around since [...]
There’s a lot of debate concerning what’s best to do with the health care system. There are some among us, believe it or not, who remember going to see the doctor and paying for the visit. In cash. And in full. Without taking out a second mortgage on their home and signing away the rights [...]
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These days, health care is a hotly debated topic. No one knows for sure what our health care system will end up looking like when it all shakes down. People on both sides of the political aisle can agree with the majority who are simply getting run over in the middle that we all hope, [...]
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