We hear a lot of talk about health care reform these days, and for good reason. But the meaning of health care reform changes depending on who you talk to. As an example, my family would benefit from insurance companies that didn’t discriminate, covered everything they could in the way of preventive medicine (like test strips), and didn’t change their mind about which drug company there were going to use.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone to get a prescription filled only to hear that “it’s no longer covered” because my insurance company is now covering …read more

Here’s one thing that really bugs me about being diabetic: insurance companies that don’t cover testing supplies. That seems to go against common sense for me. Wouldn’t it be in the best interest of the insurance company to encourage diabetics to remain as healthy as possible? Wouldn’t they want to help diabetics avoid complications as much as they could?

Complications not only prevent diabetics from living a more normal life, they also cost money. I would think insurance companies would want to prevent that. Maybe the answer to that would be legislation.
In Ohio, for example, …read more

I thought that this was blog news worthy. It isn’t just about cardiac blogging or heart disease per se, but it gives bloggers much like me, and readers much like you, more access to bring you the very best by being obtained easier!
President Bush signed into law the “OPEN Government Act of 2007” on December 31, 2007 after it passing through the Senate and House of Representatives without issue or comment.
…the legislation substantially reforms the Freedom of Information Act and expands the definition of who is a “representative of the news media” under FOIA. This change would significantly …read more