Nottingham, England -- A mother has flown her seven-year-old son to Germany for life-saving cancer treatment after two NHS hospitals delayed surgery because of a lack of beds. Sam Knighton has spent £10,000 on taking her son Zac abroad for treatment for neuroblastoma, a form of cancer of the nerve tissue found in young children. He will undergo surgery tomorrow at University Hospital … [Read more...] about Boy, 7, has cancer operation in Germany because of NHS bed shortage
NHS Reforms: BMA Chief Dr Mark Porter Claims Patients ‘At Risk’
The new leader of Britain's doctors has told The Guardian that the health of NHS patients is being put at risk because they are being denied access to operations and drugs. Dr Mark Porter, the British Medical Association's recently elected chair of council, said the rationing of some treatments meant the NHS could no longer be considered a"comprehensive service". The BMA chairman said that … [Read more...] about NHS Reforms: BMA Chief Dr Mark Porter Claims Patients ‘At Risk’
The Sebelius Deceit
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius hopes you will believe her and not your own eyes, as she pens an op-ed in The Washington Post deceptively entitled, “The Affordable Care Act, helping Americans curb health-care costs.” Health costs are rising, as we all can see, and independent analysts confirm they will accelerate under Obamacare. Nonetheless, Sebelius claims that if we … [Read more...] about The Sebelius Deceit
The NHS crisis deepens as GP numbers dwindle
One of the things [the U.K.] Government promised to do is tell us more about the actual state of the National Health Service. As a result, we are able to publish information today relating to GPs and the number of patients on their lists. The news is not encouraging, to put it mildly. An increasingly serious shortage of GPs means that, on average, doctors in poorer and more-hard pressed parts … [Read more...] about The NHS crisis deepens as GP numbers dwindle
Doctors Going Broke, Health Costs Rising, Mandate Was a Mistake
A news article on CNN Money warns that a growing number of doctors in independent practices are barely able to pay their bills and many are thinking of leaving practice altogether. "Doctors in America are harboring an embarrassing secret: Many of them are going broke," the article reports, giving a new definition to medical bankruptcy. "This quiet reality, which is spreading nationwide, is … [Read more...] about Doctors Going Broke, Health Costs Rising, Mandate Was a Mistake
Mitt Romney’s Achilles’ Heel
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's narrow win in the Iowa caucuses and his lead in the New Hampshire primary could catapult him to the GOP presidential nomination, but if he is to have any hope of gaining favor with conservative voters to get elected in November, he must escape the chains of Romneycare. Romney has been unwilling to repudiate the health reform he signed into law in 2006, … [Read more...] about Mitt Romney’s Achilles’ Heel
Comments to HHS on Medical Loss Ratio Requirements
The MLR rules as drafted discriminate against Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and similar high-deductible health plans in a number of ways. These accounts provide employers, employees, and individuals with an option to purchase coverage with a larger deductible so that the polices function more like traditional “insurance” — covering medical expenses above a certain threshold. Policy holders save … [Read more...] about Comments to HHS on Medical Loss Ratio Requirements
ObamaCare sends costs skyrocketing
There may never have been a law more misnamed than the Affordable Care Act. President Obama's health-care-overhaul law already is driving up health-insurance costs for businesses and consumers and will inflict even higher costs on American taxpayers in the years ahead. Obama repeatedly promised the American people he would cut a typical family's premium $2,500 a year before the end of his … [Read more...] about ObamaCare sends costs skyrocketing