Now that the big “debate the bill” vote is passed, we have a week for pundits on both sides of the aisle to misinform the public about what the future of the health care reform bill is. There are two tunes, one theme, and melodies underneath both. There’s an unsung chorus or two in there, [...]
What you really want to know, and are too polite to ask, is how sick am I and what’s ahead? Yesterday I got some answers and am happy to share them with you.
I’ve been on Gleevec for one month, and yesterday’s test results show that it’s WORKING. It wasn’t a given that it would, so [...]
I spent the day at Health 2.0 conference in the Bay Area. This is the third year of the conference, and it has grown from a fringe group of early adopters and application developers to a bona fide e-patient movement, probably spurred by the broken health care system.
Health plans already know that whatever [...]
Here’s what happens when a healthy, young, employed person with health insurance tries to use it.Reposted from my friend Howard Lindzon’s Facebook notes
I was hanging with my buddy Ian over the weekend who was recounting the horror stories of cancer and the seemingly equally difficult fight for his already paid health insurance. I asked him [...]