Health Insurance Must Change: Here's How To Change It

This is a re-post of an article by John Goodman for Forbes.  The ideas expressed in the article is what I have been saying and trying to show my clients for a long time.  It is well worth reading.  JE Health Care Solutions has programs available that fit this concept.  For more info about this CLICK HERE.

Everyone needs to rethink how they are going to afford good and strong healthcare for their family's, that they and their doctor controls and not a third party.

Why is the FDA Attacking Dietary Supplements That Have Been Used Safely for Decades?

Once again we at JE Health Care Solutions is sounding the alarm.  The FDA now wants to take away your ability to get Natural Supplements.

 

Once again the FDA is looking out for the Big Drug Companies, instead of protecting the people.  In Dr. Mercola's article of April 23, 2012 he shows how the FDA is trying to bypass Congress by issuing "Draft Guidance on New Dietary Ingredients."

Over 60 Billion Doses a Year and Not ONE Death, But Still Not Safe?

Vitamins, minerals and herbal supplements have a tremendously safe track record, yet they are often singled out as being potentially dangerous by government agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This – the notion that dietary supplements are unsafe -- is the premise behind the FDA's Draft Guidance on New Dietary Ingredients, which would require the supplement industry to prove the safety of natural ingredients that, in many cases, have been on the market and used safely for decades.

As new research from the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System reveals, there were zero deaths linked to nutritional supplements in 2010, the most current data available.

I strongly urge you to read this article and then contact you Reps. And Senators in Washington and demand that they stop the FDA from trying to bypass the:

  

Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 which states that:

"The Federal Government should not take any actions to impose unreasonable regulatory barriers limiting or slowing the flow of safe products and accurate information to consumers."

Please take action to protect your rights, and contact your Representatives now.  Dr. Mercola includes a sample letter in his post.  I also urge you to tell your Representatives to get the Big Drug companies out of the FDA and make it an agency that protects the people instead of protecting the drug companies profits. 

IDEAL HEALTH REFORM

Interesting article by John Goodman with NACP:

He makes some very interesting points, that if we take the time to look at it with logic it makes a lot of common sense which those in DC have forgot how to do. 

This is what JE Health Care Solutions has been talking about for the last year.  We have got to start understanding that government is not the answer to all things.  When the government gets involved it will usually mean the cost will be much higher and full of waste.  This is the nature of government.  

I will be doing a blog on Friday showing some different options to help you deal with the high cost of your healthcare, and take control of your healthcare.

John Goodman with National Center for Policy Analysis(NCPA) appeared on Glen Beck's GBTV

JE Health Care Solutions is watching the SCOTUS this week to see what happens on ObamaCare.  Here is a very interesting video.

John Goodman with National Center for Policy Analysis(NCPA) appeared on Glen Beck's GBTV yesterday to discuss the SCOTUS hearings on ObamaCare.  Very interesting and a must watch.

A radiologist disagrees with the breast cancer screening guidelines

Re-post of an article by:

Dr Stacey Vitiello a radiologist who blogs at The Breast Diaries.

I hope my readers will find the information she gives here as interesting and important as I did.

I have also added her blog "The Breast Diaries"  to my blog I follow section here.  So you can read her update post here as well.

We try to give you as much information as possible here on our JE Health Care Solutions Blog.  Please tell your friends about are blog and pass it on to them.

How Much Should Health Insurance Cost?

Re-post from John Goodman Filed under Health Alerts on March 7, 2012.

This post talks about something I have been saying for a long time.  I hope you will check it out.  This is the reason JE Health Care Solutions was started to help people understand how health insurance works and how they can save money  and get better care that they control instead of a 3rd party.

Are You Taking a High Cost Prescriptions

JE Health Care Solutions may have an answer to helping to reduce the cost of your prescriptions, through the Renco Rx aid program you could be paying $20 a month per Rx. This program is based on family income, If you make less than $21,000 to $88,000 per year you could qualify!

CLICK HERE TO SEE IF YOU QUALIFY

Renco Rx Aid Program offers you access to mail order name brand prescription programs offered by major pharmaceutical companies which disburse prescription drugs in the United States. In essence, these programs offer free brand name drugs to people who cannot afford their ongoing prescriptions. Each program has its own set of policies and guidelines in order to qualify for assistance with prescription drugs, i.e. Merck and Pfizer each have separate distinct plans. Each pharmaceutical company has different procedures for acceptance.  It is extremely difficult for the average American citizen to complete the required paperwork with a high degree of accuracy. Because of the 'paperwork hassle,' many American citizens fail to qualify for the medication. That is where Renco Rx Aid comes in!

Renco Rx Aid has a very knowledgeable staff that understands each pharmaceutical company's guidelines and knows how to work with the patient, the doctor, and the pharmaceutical company. We use a sophisticated software program that helps ensure each client is properly registered in the prescription assistance programs to receive their medications from the pharmaceutical companies. At Renco Rx Aid the service of helping American citizens obtain prescription medication is our top priority. Whether you are a big corporation, small business or an individual Renco Rx Aid is here to help you and we do it for just $20 per month per prescription! 

At Renco Rx Aid we act as the Registration Counselors on your behalf. We check with the appropriate manufacturer for availability and requirements.  We complete the paperwork, work with each patient to verify prescription(s) information, we send the paperwork to the manufacturers, we track the paperwork and resolve any problems should they arise, including denials. In short we manage and handle the entire refill order process for each one of your ongoing prescriptions. 

Highlights:

• We provide you with FDA approved Brand name prescription medications for a $20.00 per prescription per month service fee.
• No Age Limits. (depending on medication) This is not an insurance product.
• Complete and submit all paperwork directly with each pharmaceutical company.
• Postage paid envelopes provided for each patient and doctor to return requested information.
• Adding medication or changing dosages is as simple as giving us a call.
• Manage the process of refilling your medications.
• Manage the annual re-qualifications requirements for you.

 CLICK HERE TO SEE IF YOU QUALIFY

Your Greatest Weapon Against Breast Cancer (Not Mammograms) Re-post from Dr. Mercola

Thought my readers would find this interesting Article By Dr. Mercola.  

We here at JE Health Care Solutions Hope our blog post are educational and help you to become an informed healthcare consumer.  If there is a subject that you would like to know more about please leave us a comment and we will try our best to find the information for you.

According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, 200,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed each year in the US, making it three times more common than other gynecological cancers.

Breast cancer will claim the lives of 40,000 people this year.

In fact, the only type of cancer that claims the lives of more women is lung cancer.

Even more disturbing is the speed at which breast cancer rates have risen over the past 5 decades.

In 1960, one in 20 women was diagnosed—but today, it is one in seven.

The following are some important facts about this type of cancer:¹

• Breast cancer is the leading cause of death for women age 40 to 55.
• 15 percent of all breast cancers occur in women under age 45; in this age group, breast cancers are more aggressive and have lower recovery rates.
• 80 percent of breast lumps are NON-cancerous.
• 70 percent of breast cancers are found through breast self-exams.
• About 80 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of breast cancer.    

Helping Consumers Choose Health Plans In Exchanges: Best Practice Recommendations

This is a re-post from Health Affairs published on their blog today 2/29/2012.  I thought it might be helpful to my readers.  I still have problems with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), because it still is a third party healthcare delivery system and not quality healthcare controlled by you and your doctor. 

Until you take responsibility for your who healthcare and stop wanting someone else to pay for it, you will not have the control of your care or the cost.  Their are option available but you will need to we willing to do the research and ask the right questions.  

Here are a few ideas:

1)  Go with a high deductible no frills plan to cover the major problems.

2)  Pay cash of your regular Doctor visits, and other routine expenses.

3)  Look at accident plans that pay per accident.  Example NACD (National Association of Consumers Direct)

4)  Add a program that gives you PPO discounts for your Doctor and other routine expenses, (lab, Rx, vision, Dental, etc.

For more information on your options go to JE Health Care Solutions web site and if you have questions just contact us.  We Are Here To Help You To Take Control of Your Healthcare.

No Flu Yet? It's On Its Way

As I said in my last post here is another point of view about flu vaccine.  This is a re-post by Trisha Torrey, with About.com.  I am not trying to give you medical advice, but want to give you information so you can make your own informed decisions about your healthcare with your Doctor.  Please remember JE Health Care Solutions goal is to help you become an informed healthcare consumer. 

"Harmless Procedure" Can Cause Narcolepsy, Muscle Weakness

This is a re-post of an article by "Dr. Mercola"
 

High-risk patients with chronic, underlying health conditions that increase the risk of severe illness and death after influenza infection are among the first of all groups that public health officials target to receive flu vaccinations.

This population is targeted for vaccination despite the fact that very few studies have ever examined the efficacy – or safety - of vaccinations in this high risk group...

I strongly recommend  that you read this article completely.  It will give you some more knowledge to help you take control of your healthcare.  That is what JE Health Care Solutions is all about, helping you gain knowledge that will help to become informed and knowledgeable healthcare consumers.

What Were They Thinking at Health Affairs

Re-Post of article by Linda Gorman for NCPA's Health Alert:

Health Affairs is a peer-reviewed journal, which is why it was surprising to see it publish a recent article on the Massachusetts health reform, by Long et al [gated, but with abstract]. Based on telephone surveys, the authors declare that RomneyCare “continued to fare well in 2010.” This is an important finding, as the authors consider RomneyCare “the template for the federal Affordable Care Act of 2010.”  Don't be fooled by this first paragraph quote, there are a lot of question concerning this report as you will see when you read it.

We will continue to try to bring you healthcare information here at JE Health Care Solutions Blog.  Our goal is to give you as much information and knowledge as possible.  We may not always agree with the with the information when we do a re-post, but you need different view points so you can make your on decisions about what is going on with healthcare in America.  This is why you need to subscribe to our e-mail updates.  you can do this by going to the subscribe by e-mail on the right side of our blog.

The Cruel Science Experiment They Want to Force You to Take

This is a re-post by: Dr. Mercola of Mercola.com of "Take Control of Your Health"

This article will make you as the question:  Who is control of healthcare in America?  It also may make you mad.  What I hope it does is help you to understand why you must become an informed healthcare consumer.  This is what we at JE Health Care Solutions are trying to do. 

Are You a Small Business Owner

As a small business owner you have many things to think about on a day to day basis.  But how often do you think about health care for you and your employee’s?  With health care insurance cost rising at such a high rate, it is becoming harder to be able to afford to offer health care benefits.  Unfortunately the trend on rising cost does not appear to be slowing down.  It is now estimated that 30% or more business’s are saying they will stop offering employer based health insurance to their employee’s in the near future due to the rising cost.  The Kaiser Foundation show the cost in 2011 to average over $14,000 per year per employee, for  family coverage. 

So as a small business owner what do you do?  You want to be able to offer employee benefits, but can you afford to keep doing it?  You do have options, you can drop health care as part of your benefit package, you can increase the employee share of the cost, are you can become creative, an find different combinations of programs to offer your employee’s.  There are several combinations available to you. 

1)      Go with a high deductible healthcare insurance with no dr. co-pay or any other add one’s, which will lower your cost.

2)      Add a discount program to it to lower the Dr. Visit cost.  With Dental, Visions, Rx, ECT. (you could let the employee pay for this thru payroll deduction)

3)      Enroll in an HRA program which would allow you to cover some of these costs for your employee (with a reimbursement arrangement) and use it as a tax savings for your company.

4)      Offer an accident plan to your employee’s that would pay per covered accident.

As you can see there are options that you can use.  JE Health Care Solutions can assist you with finding the right options.  We represent different companies such as Renco Direct, NACD (National Association of Consumers Direct), BaseHRA, and many others.

We at JE Health Care Solutions are here to work with you and your employee’s.  

The main thing you need to do as a business owner, is find out what programs will work for you and that you can afford.  By offering benefits to your employee’s you will be able to keep them.  

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A False Compromise on Conscience Protections

Re-post of an article by:

 Benjamin Domenech

Benjamin Domenech is managing editor of Health Care News and a research fellow at The Heartland Institute.

I thought this article brought out some great points about Obama's so called compromise on the birth control coverage mandate.

Doctor Outraged After Recommending a Drug (That You May Be Taking)

Once again Dr. Mercola shows that the Drug companies will do what ever they want to to sell their products.  This is why you need to educated yourself.  With today's healthcare delivery system Doctors don't have or take the time to find out if a drug is truly effective or not.  They are relying on the drug co. reps. to give them information and this article shows that you can not always trust that the information is correct.

This is why I write this blog, because we at JE Health Care Solutions what to try and get as much information as possible to you so you can make informed decisions about your health care.  Once again I would love to here from you if you have questions are suggestions of how I can improve this blog. 

With the different programs we can offer you, we can help you get the health coverage that fits your needs and budget.  With programs such as Renco Direct and NACD as well as many others.

Superhero

This comes from Jordan Grumet with In My Humble Opinion.  I felt that it was a great post and wanted to pass it on to my readers.  We here at JE Health Care Solutions are always on the look out for great post about healthcare.

The Root Cause of Excess Flab Almost Everyone Ignores

What your tax dollars are going to.  This is a re-post of an article by Dr. Mercola  talking about how the federal government is subsidizing junk food in one federal office, while across the hall another department is funding an anti-obesity campaign.  I hope you find it interesting and will start asking your elected rep. just what are they doing and why. This is another reason we need to start eating a lot more healthy foods.

As I have said before we at JE Health Care Solutions wants to try and give you information and tools so you can start making better decisions for you and your family's health care, and take back control,

When Doctors Tax You For Having Insurance

This is a very interesting post by:  Trisha Torrey, About.com Guide

This may start happening more and more, because Doctors are going broke and having to close their practice, because  of all the paper work and problems of dealing with insurance companies and the government just to be able to deliver good healthcare to you.

If you are having problems getting or affording healthcare coverage, their are answers that make sense and are affordable.  If we at JE Health Care Solutions can be of help in showing you ways to make the system work for you, please contact us by clicking on the contact us tab on the right side of this page, and we will help you find a program that works for you.