Price-Gouging CEO and the Effects on For-Profit Pharma

Profit creates competition on a good day, on a bad day a 32 year old ex hedge fund guy under investigation hikes an AIDS drug from $13.50 to $750 to profit off the sick and taxpayers. This event raises the question: How do we avoid price-gouging on taxpayer subsidized items and how much profit and regulation belongs in drugs and treatments that treat chronic illness?

Mixed Feelings about ACA – Story

After three years without insurance I was grateful for the opportunity to get coverage. It didn’t take long to realize that there were very few doctors that took my insurance. I pay more for insurance per month than my mortgage, can’t save any money because it all goes to that and I can’t find a… Read More

950,000 Enrolled In 2015 Special Enrollment

According to CMS nearly 950,000 Americans selected a plan through the HealthCare.gov via Special Enrollment between February 23 and June 30, 2015. What Is Special Enrollment? A Special Enrollment Period (SEP) is a time outside of open enrollment where people can get a Marketplace plan that is eligible for cost assistance and protects them from the fee. There are a number… Read More

I Hate My Health Plan – Story

I am trying to find a primary care doctor, seems like the majority of doctors do not accept my Coventry Carelink HMO plan. After talking with a few offices if I had regular Coventry health insurance they would accept that but not my “obamacare” insurance. I just want a English speaking, American trained doctor. I CAN’T… Read More

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