Where should I even start? Should I start with the stories of Dr. Salerno, Dr. Wassef, or the hundreds of other doctors that health insurance giants are dropping? Or should I start by highlighting how these insurance giants are monopolizing healthcare? Or maybe how these companies are growing in profit while medically underserved regions and…
Jason Cardiff, a pyramid scheme extraordinare, a former Mercedes Benz salesman can do it, you can too. After all, you did graduate from medical school. Even though, both his and his wife’s assets were frozen by the Federal Trade Commission, he landed a $20 million in contracts with two federal agencies to supply cheap surgical masks for the…
The federal government issues thousands of press releases every year when there is a breach of patient privacy. And whom do you think received most of this attention? The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and CVS Health. These are the entities with the most complaints and very few, if any, consequences. Can you imagine the media attention independent…
America is worried. “A combined 86% of Americans say they are very or somewhat concerned with the pandemic,” according to a recent article in USA Today citing a new survey from the Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape Project, one of the largest public opinion surveys ever conducted. This figure is “3 percentage points down from the…
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the nation, those whom once thought their jobs were secure, are losing them in droves. This may be attributable to the fall of health care spending by about 18% during the first three months of 2020 or perhaps because emergency room visits are down and non-urgent surgical procedures have largely been…
ProPublica does it again. It shows the filthy side of healthcare. As the pandemic grows, patients and healthcare workers fall victim to the deadly virus, administrators do what they are good at. Cut hours and wages. Don’t get me wrong, I understand the complexity of running a business. I run a medical practice, but it’s the lack…
As everyone is focused on this global pandemic of COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2, I will go on ahead and keep writing about insurance monopolies quietly controlling the healthcare system in the US. In my last article, I hinted to insurance companies monopolizing healthcare: providing insurance to the people, managing doctor practices, urgent cares, and controlling the flow…
Don’t you love reading about these insurance giants? I’ve tried to write about other topics, but end up being attracted to insurance companies again, and again. UnitedHealth, the nation’s largest health insurance company, is poised to grow by about 9%. After all, it operates commercial Medicaid & Medicare Advantage plans via its UnitedHealthcare health insurance…
It’s time for Physicians to accept online reviews, and work on building their reputation. Gone are the days where patients are disrespected and there’s no one to listen to their vows. Social media has become a prevalent part of society and neglecting it will cause physicians great harm. Not only do Physicians have to watch…
“A broker can power up the bonus to $150,000 per employer” says Health Net of California. “Set sail for Bermuda,” says insurance giant Cigna, offering their top-selling brokers five days at one of the island’s luxury resorts! And if you think this was absurd, New York’s EmblemHealth guarantees their top selling broker a “chance of…