http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/pdf/DiabetesReportCard.pdf “Average medical expenses are more than twice as high for a person with diabetes as they are for a person without diabetes. In 2007, the estimated cost of diabetes in the United States was $174 billion. That amount included $116 billion in direct medical care costs and $58 billion in indirect costs (from disability, [...]
New National Obesity Statistics are Troublesome says Children’s Obesity Fund
Child obesity is NOT a national emergency despite what we are again being told. This hysteria caused by our politicians is amazing. EVERYTHING that happens is a crisis and we have to “do something”. Childhood obesity is a function of parenting – not government nor should it be controlled, monitored or managed by government. Parenting [...]
How Losing Weight Could Help Save The U.S. Billions
Once again i am confused. Who will be saving money? All we keep hearing is how diabetes and “we are fat” is epidemic costing us billions of dollars. But who is it costing? We pay for insurance. We pay for the insurance service to pay for our medical issues. If we use more than we [...]
Top Oversight Dem: IRS scandal ‘solved,’ time to ‘move on’
“I am sorry for paying my taxes late – it wont happen again – you see, i just did not have the money at the time, as you can see i have always paid my taxes on time for over 20 years – it wont happen again – i promise” Basically what the coverups in [...]
IRS commissioner visited white house too many times
The number of times the former IRS commissioner, Doug Shulman, visited the White House also continues to draw scrutiny, especially from Republicans. Of course it should – it if smells bad it is.
IRS steals millions of medical records and can use the information any way it likes
When the rules only apply to the small people than a government is in decline. “All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others” George Orwell – Animal Farm. If a doctor lost a laptop with 1000 patient files on it – he would be fined $1000 per patient file or $100,000 [...]
Obama care and its destructive effects on CHIP and all other insurances
The following is from the New York Post ObamaCare vs. children’s health By SCOTT GOTTLIEB Last Updated: 12:50 AM, February 20, 2013 Posted: 10:29 PM, February 19, 2013 If you’re a poor child, and you like your health plan, you can’t keep it. In fact, it’s now clear that ObamaCare will force tens of millions [...]
Facebook Up
Facebook is up 4.3% to $24.33 a share – still half price that it opened and still a failing company that made a lot of people lose a lot of money in stocks – YET its going ot possible be on the S&P 500 list. Here we go again rewarding companies that produce nothing and [...]
Ethnicity, Class and Suicide Lead a Hamptons School to Reach Out
Wrong message sent – schools are not and should not be a substitute for parenting. What are kids doing in an English speakign school and not understanding the language of the coutnry they liv ein? Englis is the language of our country – lets stop trying to be so tolerant of others – learn the [...]
Potential of freelance insurance market not fully tapped
Amazing! For thousands of years of commerce and freelancing and what made this country great – we ALWAYS lived without our insurance and any prospect of getting sick -0 so now magically our government and CIGNA come to a conclusion that we MUST be healthy to be successful and stay successful? Define healthy and how [...]