Boston Globe: Medicare wants limits for weight loss surgery

Association of heart disease and diabetes

By: safdarjaved

Diabetes and heart have a strong association. With diabetes the early occurrence and severity of heart disease increases. Diabetics usually don't have a chest pain when experiencing Angina. They may get out of breath. A person with diabetes should know that he is likely to be affected by heart disease early on in life if he doesn't control his ...

23 days ago

Congressman Smith on health care reform: it's a moral and economic ...

By: DelilahStarling

Over the weekend, the house passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962.  During the next few weeks, the senate will be debating their version of health care reform. Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) released the following statement regarding his vote in favor of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act: ...

22 days ago

Medicare For Everyone - The Health Care Reform Storm

By: sandrabon

The Health Care Reform head-ache, the news coverage of the head-ache, and why not real Medicare for everyone? This article below is also found in the blog. The House is eager for us to go blind before we find out there is no Medicare for all, or real public option in their Health Care Reform legislation. "The Health Care Reform Storm". Medicare ...

27 days ago

AHIP Statement on House Passage of H.R.- 3962

By: kishalaya2

AHIP Statement on House Passage of H.R.- 3962 WASHINGTON DC, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), released the following statement today on House passage of H.R. 3962."Health plans strongly support comprehensive health care refo

22 days ago