Archive for January, 2010

Living Wills and Health Care Proxies

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Martin Petroff asked: What is a health-care proxy?Under New York law an individual may appoint someone she trusts, for example, a family member or close friend, to decide about treatment if she loses the ability to decide for herself. She can do this by using a health care proxy in ...

How does GDP spending in health change as a country switches to a national health care system?

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Nikki asked: I'm researching and am able to find lots of information comparing different countries and how much they spend on health care within their total GDP. However I can't find information of how GDP changes within one single country such as France or Canada, when they switched from their ...

Union-run Fund May Remedy Big Three’s Health Care

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Mike Bartley asked: Akron's Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and the United Steelworkers signed in December a contract that vested responsibility for retiree health care from the company to the union. Goodyear paid $1 billion up front, but it is no longer burdened to put those costs on its balance ...

What Science Tells Us About In-Home Health Care

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Brandon Thomas asked:   Historically, most humans in the world used to pass their evenings together around a fire.  While this is still the case in many places, for many cultures the fire has been replaced by the television set.  Prior to the Industrial Revolution, Western societies were generally structured such ...

Better Sleep in May: Improving Senior Health Care

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Stephanie Rice asked: Elected "Better Sleep Month" by the Better Sleep Council, this May is the official month to improve all areas of our sleeping lives. Though many don't realize it, getting a good night's sleep is vital to our ability to function properly throughout the day. Lack of sleep ...

What Was 19th Century Health Care?

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Roland Jefferson III asked: Practitioners of health care in the 19th Century focused on providing care that was generally based on a minimum of causative information. Doctors in 1800 did not have X-rays to help them see inside the body. X-Rays were not discovered until 1895 and the use of ...

Health Care in your Hands

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Darlene Kaitlin asked: If today's hectic lifestyles, you need to take extra care of your health. Health care is your primary responsibility. Diseases like high blood pressure, hypertension, diabetes, obesity are catching up at earlier ages.The need for health insurance increases in such circumstances. However, we also know that the ...

What makes you think the federal government can provide health care at a lower cost?

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Not You asked: Everything they do turns into a money pit. Wouldnt the usual government waste cancel out any saving from removing profit from health care? What have you seen the federal government do that gives you enough confidence in them to believe they can efficiently run health care for 300 ...

The Power Of Getting A Health Care Degree Online

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Andy West asked: One of the most popular programs for online education today is that of the health care degree online. What makes this degree so desirable one might wonder? The answer is as simple as two words, job market. The current state of affairs in the world of health ...

Oklahoma Health Care Authority Has To Control The Cost Of Health Care In The State

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Roland Jefferson III asked: The main entity in the Oklahoma State is the Oklahoma Health Care Authority that has been conceived to control the costs of medical care that is purchased from the State. You can find a number of different health care programs that are administered by the Oklahoma ...