The Remote Area Medical Documentary Is Here!
Interesting interview with Co-Producer/Co-Director Farihah Zaman about her film, ,”Remote Area Medical,” at the Hot Docs Film Festival on from April 25 to May 5: Will you be seeing the Remote Area...
View ArticleFree Mammograms in Rochester New York on May 11th… Register Now!
Highland Breast Imaging Center, in conjunction with the Breast Cancer Coalition and the Cancer Services Program of Monroe County, will offer free mammograms to women 40 and older who do not have...
View ArticleRemote Area Medical To Bring Free Medical, Dental, Vision to Tennessee June...
A head’s up to the our friends in the Southern States. The Remote Area Medical (RAM) mobile clinic will be visiting Cleveland High School in Cleveland, Tennessee on June 1st and 2nd, providing free...
View ArticleThe Oregon Medicaid Lottery, a Winner’s Story
There’s been a lot of talk about the so-called Oregon Experiment. Oregon conducts an annual lottery for a few precious spots in its state Medicaid program. Recently, a group of researchers looked into...
View ArticleThe Oregon Health Experiment: Does It All Boil Down to An Air Conditioner?
When it comes to the healthcare debate, Governor John Kitzhber of Oregon loves to tell a story about an air conditioner: As it turns out, I have heard the air-conditioner story. Oregon Gov. John...
View ArticleHigh-Deductible Health Insurance: My Mama Told Me, You Better Shop Around…
And the high-deductible health insurance plan is all part of the new normal: When Maria and Vadim Brodsky’s then 7-year-old daughter needed an MRI two years ago to examine a tumor in her head, they...
View ArticleReminder: Remote Area Medical to Bring Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care to...
A head’s up to the our friends in the Southern States. The Remote Area Medical (RAM) mobile clinic will be visiting Cleveland High School in Cleveland, Tennessee on June 1st and 2nd, providing free...
View ArticleWhy Would Someone Young and Healthy Buy Health Insurance?
We sometimes get asked that question. It usually goes something like this, “Why should I shell out a couple of hundred dollars a month for health insurance? What are the chances I need health...
View ArticleCould 90% of Uninsured Arizonans Get Help from Obamacare?
Denise Early, an independent insurance broker in Arizona, pulled some number on Obamacare’s effect on uninsured Arizonans: Around 900,000 people living in Arizona do not have health insurance. Over 90%...
View ArticleCan Obamacare Help the Homeless Get Medical Care?
As we head into the weekend, something to think about: On a recent morning, Mack and Juan Rivera, a patient enrollment and eligibility manager with JWCH, walk down crowded 5th street, near the Midnight...
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