… supplement every day. When he was in the eighth grade, his parents were approached by the National Institutes of Health in Maryland about him participating in a research study. “At first I said, ‘What the heck! No! I don’t want to participate in …
Day: February 26, 2017
Remembering Braylee: Family draws attention to rare diseases, support
Ashley Speed and her mother-in-law, Wanda Jedlicka, make baby blankets such as this one as part of Braylee’s Blankets of Hope. The blankets are then delivered to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville.
Dr Kalloo: Let condoms rule the party
Let condoms rule the party. This is the message from obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Sherene Kalloo as revellers hit the streets from tonight for the next two days.
Trumpcare vs. Obamacare
The pitchforks are changing hands. In 2009, it was Democratic members of Congress supporting health-care reform who were set upon by outraged constituents.
Volunteer Opportunities
… Disaster Action Team provides immediate needs to families affected by house fires and other local disasters. Licensed health and mental health professionals are needed to assist with replacement of medications, medical equipment and meeting the …
Pre-existing conditions complicate health care replacement
As Republicans try to unite around a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, one of the most popular parts of the law will be among the most difficult to replace: the guarantee of health coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. The challenge of providing insurance for Americans who have no other alternative has some congressional Republicans considering whether to ask the states to reboot high-risk pools, an option with a rocky history.
Without limits, private insurance will be unaffordable for many
… and deductibles have not stopped increasing because of the ACA. But their proposed solutions do not address this. Health savings accounts are only for consumers with high deductibles. Even if you save the $3,400 maximum for individuals allowed in …
These Republican representatives have presented a ridiculous fairy tale
… plan will cure the ills engendered by the ACA – of course ignoring the fact that 20 million more Americans now have health insurance than before the ACA and health care costs are down. So what is their plan? Expand health savings accounts. So how …
GOP lawmakers continue to mislead about the ACA
After six years of blind rejection of the Affordable Care Act, and never proposing a plan on how to achieve affordable health care for all Americans, our elected representatives have finally given us a vague proposal, “alternative facts” and misleading statistics on the Affordable Care Act . On the very same day as this misleading diatribe, the Post-Gazette had an article showing that the percentage of Americans without health insurance was the lowest ever .
Mum’s survives terryifying heart attack while 29 weeks pregnant
A mum has said she is surprised she and her baby daughter survived after she had a heart attack while pregnant. “I had had a rough pregnancy and had been in and out of hospital, and I had just been discharged and told I could go home when I started experiencing chest pains,” said Nicki.