Posts Tagged ‘Care’
Health Care Stakeholder Discussion: Prevention and Wellness
Mike Hash from the Office of Health Reform hosts a stakeholder discussion with physicians about the importance of prevention and wellness in health care reform. The physicians answer questions submitted through Facebook and WhiteHouse.gov. June 18, 2009. (Public Domain)
Duration : 1:35:24
Lamborn Town Hall
CSaction, along with a coalition of many healthcare reform groups like HealthCare for ALL Colorado, PeakDems, AARP, SEIU, UFCW, African American Voice, Coloradans for Peace, and independent reform advocates, attended representative Lamborn ’s Thursday healthcare town hall on August 27, 2009
Representative Lamborn had just sent out an estimated 70,000 mailers “prepared, published and mailed at taxpayer expense” that were full of LIES and disinformation about the healthcare reform bills. It’s only estimated to be 70,000 because, when asked about the total number mailed, LAMEborn’s Communications Director Catherine Mortensen, “I have the figures, but I don’t have the authority to give that to you.”
Actually they don’t have the authority to withhold that information because it’s public record, given that this pack of LIES was “prepared, published and mailed at taxpayer expense.”
The mailer says “114 million could lose their current health care coverage under the bill”.
This is a LIE!
This absurd figure comes from “The Impact of the House Health Reform Legislation Coverage and Provider Incomes,” by the Lewin Group.
The Lewin Group is a “research” and management consulting (lobbyist) firm owned entirely by the second largest health insurer in the nation, UnitedHealth Group.
Furthermore, the “research” does NOT say 114 million LOOSING healthcare but CHANGING insurers. The 114 million was a figure the Lewin Group published in June, which they revised DOWN to 88.1 million in July, so it’s not even their most current LIE.
The Congressional Budget Office completely refutes that, saying that enrollment in the House Democrats’ proposed public plan would total 10 to 12 million people.
The Lewin Group is part of Ingenix, a wholly-owned UnitedHealth subsidiary that was accused by the New York attorney general and the American Medical Association of helping insurers shift medical expenses to consumers by distributing skewed data. Ingenix supplied UnitedHealth and other insurers with data that allegedly understated the “reasonable and customary” doctor fees that insurers use to determine how much they will reimburse consumers for out-of-network care.
In January, UnitedHealth agreed to a $350 million settlement with the AMA, and a $50 million settlement with the New York attorney general, covering conduct going back as far as 1994, when they were distributing skewed information to fight President Clinton’s healthcare reforms.
Next LIE in this mailer:
“4.7 million jobs that could be lost as a result of tax hikes on small businesses”.
This absurd figure comes from an op-ed piece written by House minority leader John Boehner, who admitted to distributing bribes from Big Tobacco on the floor of the House. He says got the figures according to the methodology developed by Christina Romer, the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. She NEVER said such a thing, and he obviously he doesn’t understand her methodology.
What did she really say?
“The current healthcare system does not work well for small businesses.”
“They pay about 18% more for comparable coverage than a big firm, and that puts them at a competitive disadvantage.”
“Healthcare reform is ABSOLUTELY aimed at easing those burdens.”
“The plan has a tax credit for small businesses.”
Watch her entire statement here.
Lewin Group Vice President John Sheils admits 114 million would NOT lose their employer-sponsored coverage AND they wouldn’t be forced into a government-run health plan. Rather, they would be able to choose between the public option and other private options, through the exchange, and “they might very well be better off,” he said.
But not all of the firm’s corrupt reports see the light of day. For example, a study for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association was never released, Sheils said.
“Let’s just say, sometimes studies come out that don’t show exactly what the client wants to see. And in those instances, they have [the] option to bury the study — to not release it, rather,” Sheils said.
http://csaction.org/TPs/TP_LAMEborn.html
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00028133
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072203696.html
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lewin_Group
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/News.asp?FormMode=release&ID=923
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/media_center/2009/feb/feb18a_09.html
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ingenix
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20090115/REG/301159956
http://www.healthcareforallcolorado.org/
http://www.barackobama.com/
http://www.aarp.org/
http://www.seiu.org/
http://www.ufcw7.com
http://www.coloradansforpeace.org/
http://www.theafricanamericanvoice.com/
Duration : 0:5:56
Autistic boys’ family finally Gets Some nursing care Support
Advocacy Group helps family get in-home support! Only drawback: judge awards more CNA care than LVN. CNA (certified nursing assistants can’t give medications, not even a bandaid with antibiotic cream) They are not licensed nurses. They can be helpful, but it leaves the parents having to still worry about rescue meds, regular meds, prescribed suppositories, etc…since cna can’t typically do this…also CNA’s are difficult to find…..massive shortage, even worse than the LVN shortage! How is it that so many people are unemployed but there are openings for CNA/LVN work all over California!! Doesn’t anyone want to be a nurse or do home health these days? It can be a very good job…with many rewards other than a paycheck.
Duration : 0:4:5
When a Nurse is a Criminal Defendant Pt. 6
Attorney Joe Flores provides information on rights and remedies for nurses facing criminal charges.
Duration : 0:9:47
Dawn Training Centre – Professional Career Courses, Programs and Certificates
Check out http://www.dawntrainingcentre.edu for more information regarding Dawn Training Centre Professional Career Courses, Programs and Certificates. DTC offers the following classes:
•Esthetician (Skin Care Specialist)
•Massage Therapist
•Medical Assistant
•Medical and Dental Biller/Health Insurance Claims Examiner
•Medical Administrative Specialist
•Nurse Assistant
•Pharmacy Technician
•Professional Fitness Trainer
•Dental Assistant
•Legal Assistant
Duration : 0:6:1