Archive for January, 2009
Monday, January 12th, 2009
Wiley Long asked: Health Savings Accounts offer tax deductions for medical expenses, and the opportunity to set up an additional retirement account. But regardless of any other positive benefit of HSAs, lower premiums are the primary reason that thousands of Americans have chosen Health Savings Accounts as the best way ...
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Sunday, January 11th, 2009
Vern Bell asked: Actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services calculate that national health expenditures grew from about 7.0 percent of GDP in 1970 to 15.3 percent in 2003. And, they forecast that medical expenditures will reach 20 percent of GDP by 2015. It's no longer possible for ...
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
Wiley Long asked: The healthcare industry in the United States is dominated by the culture of conventional Western medicine. And health insurance caters to those who control the industry: medical doctors and hospitals. There is a long history of prejudice against chiropractic by medical doctors, which is one reason that ...
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Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
Wiley Long asked: "Consumer driven healthcare" is the name that has been given to the change that is currently happening in the medical marketplace. As millions of people get Health Savings Accounts, medical providers are having to adapt to the new reality of people spending their own money when purchasing ...
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
Wiley Long asked: It's no wonder - every year the average American spends thousands of dollars on healthcare related expenses. These expenses include the cost of monthly insurance premiums as well as any out-of-pocket bills not covered by insurance.In particular, the recent introduction of Health Savings Accounts to the public, ...
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