The Healthy Aging Show » Health Care Reform

7/04/10 – Wellness – Center for Healthy Living-Donna Guadisio Zeale

dennis — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:44:46 +0000

The enactment of the recent health reform act may be the just the catalyst needed to move Americans in the direction of taking personal responsibility for wellness. While it seems that Washington may have just discovered this approach to better utilization of health care services, hospitals like Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut, long ago realized this and launched very successful programs. Working with individuals and corporate employers in the area, they have helped to bring health awareness and proactive health care to a group of people not previously in the system. Donna Guadisio Zeale, Director of the Center for Healthy Living discusses their approach and plans for the future.

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6/13/10 Health Care Reform Update – Dr. Michael Marks

dennis — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:43:09 +0000

Since the passage of this landmark legislation, much has been discussed about what it does or doesn’t accomplish. Interpreting and implementation of this new law is a very big next step. Dr. Michael Marks, Chief of Staff with Norwalk Hospital (CT) discusses both the bills ramifications and it’s shortcomings.

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Medicare Pay for Performance

dennis — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:12:52 +0000

Medicare Pay for Performance-Can proactive services by medical providers improve health and drive down costs?

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Health Reform Should Mean Personal Responsibility

dennis — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:36:54 +0000

Health Reform Should Mean Personal Responsibility: (Op Ed) Insuring those whose life styles degrade good health should not be supported by public funds without reciprocal efforts toward prevention and early diagnosis.

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Proposed Tax on Sugary Beverages Debated

dennis — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:22:25 +0000

The debate over a tax on sugary soft drinks — billed as a way to fight obesity and provide billions for health care reform — is starting to fizz over.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/business/17soda.html?adxnnl=1&ref=health&adxnnlx=1253180659-i4DnOV9/QV9+tc+1xciM1A

9/20/09 Proposed Tax on Sugary Beverages Debated, Social Snacking Next to a Size Zero

dennis — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:43:18 +0000

Proposed Tax on Sugary Beverages Debated : The debate over a tax on sugary soft drinks — billed as a way to fight obesity and provide billions for health care reform — is starting to fizz over. Social Snacking Next to a Size Zero: It is well established that we look to others for cues about how much food to eat. Break bread with a glutton, and you’ll most likely eat a big portion too. But a paper soon to be published in the Journal of Consumer Research explores the way that these choices are affected by the body type of the other person eating.

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Health care reform: Influx of newly insured may overwhelm Utah docs

dennis — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:31:33 +0000

A sudden influx of the newly insured, experts warn, could overwhelm a system already stretched too thin.

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12984598

6/28/09 Heart Disease Symptoms Differ Between Sexes: Health Reform Should Mean Personal Responsibility

dennis — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:57:59 +0000

Heart Disease Symptoms Differ Between Sexes: Women’s heart disease develops differently than men’s and often progresses over a much longer period of time. Health Reform Should Mean Personal Responsibility: (Op Ed) Insuring those whose life styles degrade good health should not be supported by public funds without reciprocal efforts toward prevention and early diagnosis.

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More coverage requires more doctors

dennis — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:52:11 +0000

With the number of the uninsured having risen to 48 million Americans, clearly the need for reform is dire. But President Obama made no mention of who exactly will take care of these patients, even if they get insurance under a successful health reform initiative. Since that state’s universal coverage law took effect in 2006, its health care system has been inundated with almost half a million new patients. The demand for medical services has rapidly outpaced the supply of care physicians able to provide care.

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/02/op-ed-more-coverage-requires-more.html