Healthcare Reform

Start with 888-578-6465. Humana is a huge company with many insurance agents/brokers writing for it. Explain the nature of your question, where you live, and have your policy or contract number available. They can direct you to the proper department. Alternatively, call the agent or broker that sold the contract to you, explain the issue and ask that he/she intervene for you. The agent/broker will likely deal with Humana daily and will have direct contact information so you do not have to endure switchboards.

The toll free telephone number to reach the Health Insurance Marketplace is 855-840-0972.

By reading and carrying out the instructions within the care plan.

Having health care access allows the whole community to make positive health choices.

Scientific medicine.

It depends where you live. Some employers do not provide insurance.

In some countries if you are working after you are 65 or your spouse is working, you will be entitled for health insurance from employer. You will be eligible for Medicare even if you continue to work after you turn 65. It is important that you decide whether or not to enroll for medicare. You may not need all of Medicare benefits if you are still covered under your employer's plan. You can delay certain parts of Medicare, and get them later on when you retire, or if you lose your employer's insurance. You should make these decisions at least 3 months before your 65th birthday.

That's a political question; about 60% of the American population does NOT support "Obamacare", which was mis-named as the "Affordable Care Act". Just as a general rule of thumb, you can generally count on the fact that any political act is named for the OPPOSITE of its actual effects.

In the case of the "Affordable" care act, it was pretty clear from the outset that it was going to cause health insurance rates to spike UP. Since it also DECREASED the amount that doctors would be paid for treating patients, it has a secondary perverse effect in decreasing the availability of doctors and nurses. Because it mandated that every insurance plan include ten specific conditions that MUST be covered - even if these aren't appropriate for the patient - the price was widely predicted to cause insurance rates to rise uncontrollably. This has in fact happened.

One of the especially perverse incentives for Obamacare was that before, insurance plans were limited in that they could only cover a single State. Obamacare "expanded" this coverage, and now insurance plans cannot cover you if you are in a different COUNTY.

Steward Health Care System was created in 2011.

how many people have enrolled in ACA

Healthcare is not entirely free to the individual but close. Canadians have to pay for some or all drugs and dental work and glasses. Also, cosmetic surgery and some other kinds of purely elective surgery are not considered essential care and are generally not covered.

Of course nothing is actually free. It's paid for out of taxes people pay, but there's not a direct charge to individuals when they go to the doctor or hospital, etc.

Right, or rights, referrs to the patient's right to have a certain level of dignity and privacy during their treatment. Many laws and regulations have been set in place already, but as a nurse, I can say that we need to do more to help protect those that are ill and suffering from abuses when personal rights have been violated.

well their are the ones that meet ones needs also it would mean that employers normally do get some good insurance benefits every body pays so much to get the same as everything else sometimes you can get a good one on your own.

Kaiser Permanente has plans for the family and for an individual person looking to get insurance. The website has an online tool so that you can see and compare health plans.

The biggest total blank in health care reform is called health or wellness. None of the doctors training in conventional medicine have a concept of super health, even to the point of extending actual life span. Instead they wait until the body is almost dead and then admit the patient to intensive care.

Health care systems concentrate on using toxic drugs (now the third leading cause of death in the United States) and dangerous surgery while totally abandoning healthy life style and natural non toxic cures. Natural cures include exercise, vitamins, herbs, various natural anti oxidants, and lots of vegatables and fruits while avoiding artificial toxic foods like diet soda and so on.

The properties of finding the cost can be very complex so i will try to make this simple. first you need to do research on every health care company that ever existed. then you have to find the cost of the health care and make a list of every price for every company. next you need to add up all those numbers and divide by how many numbers you had. the number should be around 344,543,678. now you have to move the decimal 3 places to the left. that will get you 546.931. now with that number you need to call up the health care company you want and say to them "upside down pineapple cake." this will let them know that you mean business and you are ready to get dem health care. after they initaiate you into the club, read the the final number i got and they should tell you to go on their website and read them the oath of honesty. after you have done that you will have health care for yourself. now repeat all that and do the same for your husband.

To fulfill the needs of the health care system, it is essential to ensure access to quality care, promote preventive measures, and support efficient resource allocation. This involves integrating technology for better patient management, investing in workforce training, and fostering collaboration among providers. Additionally, addressing social determinants of health and enhancing patient education can lead to improved outcomes and overall system efficiency. Continuous evaluation and adaptation of policies are also crucial to meet evolving health care demands.

HIPAA (not HIPPA) is the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act, signed into law in 1996. It provides for privacy and protection of health-related information. Everyone who comes into contact with Protected Health Information (PHI) has to observe the provisions of the act which, simply stated, are, don't tell anyone anything about a patient's health, illness, or injury unless they have an actual need to know: The Patient's care providers (doctors, nurses, paramedics, EMTs, etc.) have a right to know. Not just any doctor, nurse, or medic, though, just the ones who have an active role in the patient's care. Their insurance provider also has a right to the information. Their immediate family also have a right to know. Anyone else needs to specifically request such information from the Patient or a privacy officer and prove a genuine need to know. Note that the press is specifically NOT allowed to know without asking permission.

The act covers all identifiable information, including the patient's name and address, phone number, e-mail, etc.

As a care provider you CAN talk about your patient as long as you provide no identifying information and are not disparaging of them in a way that might be actionable. You can say: "Last night we picked up a guy who was having a serious MI, wow, was that a tough call!" You CAN NOT say, "Last night we picked up Mr. Smith of Main Street and took him to Mercy Hospital, bed 403. Boy was he a jerk!"

At it's essence HIPAA says, don't tell anyone anything about a patient that you would not like to have revealed about yourself. Keep their personal information as private and secure as you do your own (or more so).

Here's a bit of doggerel from my Ambulance Corps' hallway:

"What you see here,

What you hear here,

When you leave here,

Leave it here."

medicaid

The demographic changes and cultural values influenced the evolution of the health care delivery system in the US. It basically affected the penetration of the same.

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There are rumors that you be charged sales tax when you sell your personal residence. This is a incorrect misleading rumor..... there will be a tax assessed on any non-exempt portion of the gain from the sale of your personal residence. This means that if you're married and lets say you bought your house for $100,000 and sell if for $150,000 there will be no tax assessed because you're allowed to exclude from income a gain of up to $500,000 from income if married. Let's say you sell the same house for $650,000.... that would result in a $550,000 gain which means the Obama health care tax will be on $50,000 which is the amount of the gain included in your income.