Age Out Loud
May is Older Americans Month. The theme this year, established by the Administration for Community Living is Age Out Loud. It encourages wellness, knowing rights, remaining engaged and exploring new things.
I like the idea of “exploring new things” and the one I’d suggest we explore the support people need to age-well-in-place. Aging challenges faced by older people throughout history are increasingly complicated as traditional “villages” support has eroded and, for many people, no longer exist. This happened for several reasons, among them:
Changes in family size and structure. Families today are smaller and fa...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - May 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Senate HELP Hearing on FDA User Fee
Discussion
During the hearing, many Democrats used their time to express their disapproval for the timing of the hearing, which they argued should have been delayed to make way for discussion on the AHCA. For example. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) grew frustrated when witnesses refused to respond to her questions regarding President Trump’s budget proposal. The Senator questioned whether budget cuts to the FDA would make it harder for the agency to operate, to which witnesses responded they were not in any position to discuss budgetary matters.
The...
Source: Policy and Medicine - April 27, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs
Financial Spring Cleaning: 6 Questions to Ask Yourself
Forget cleaning your home! It’s boring, and let’s be honest, in two weeks it’s going to be a mess again anyway. You’re busy helping people and only have so much time. This spring I suggest you clean up your finances. To help you get started, I offer six questions for you to ponder:
Am I saving any money?
I know, this is an obvious one. However, if you believe the national statistics, roughly a third of you reading this will answer “no.” If that includes you, how can you change that? The easy answer? Cut frivolous spending! That’s not always appealing, however. Who wants to worry about whether they can afford ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - April 18, 2017 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Jacob Parish Tags: Audiology Speech-Language Pathology Health Care private practice Professional Development Schools Source Type: blogs
The 401W: A Wellness Program Even Al Lewis Could Love
By AL LEWIS
I’ve been quite vocal about supporting only wellness done for employees and not to them…but what if there could be a “conventional” wellness program – even including screening, HRAs etc. – that both you and I could love?
People manage what’s measured and what’s paid for. If employers want people to stay healthy in the long run, why not measure and pay for health in the long run?
Why not give people the incentive to stay healthy during their working years, instead of giving them the incentive to pretend to participate in programs of no interest, just to make a few bucks? Or, worse, give employee...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing on Gottlieb
Conclusion
As noted above, the vote on whether to confirm Dr. Gottlieb won’t happen until the Senate gets back from Easter recess. However, Gottlieb has been endorsed by the National Consumers League, the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (he is a survivor of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma), the Global Healthy Living Foundation, the Alliance for Aging Research and by former FDA Commissioners Margaret Hamburg, Robert Califf, and Mark McClellan. It is likely that he will also be approved by the Senate to run the FDA, though it is likely that his appointment will fall along party lines in highly-partisan Washington, D.C.
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Source: Policy and Medicine - April 11, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs
Scott Gottlieb ’s FDA Commissioner Confirmation Hearing: Remarkably Unremarkable
On Wednesday morning, the United States Senate Committee on Health, Energy, Labor, and Pensions conducted the confirmation hearing for Dr. Scott Gottlieb, President Trump’s nominee to be the next Commissioner of the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). In a presidential administration whose confirmation hearings have sparked more than a few contentious moments, Dr. Gottlieb’s hearing was remarkable for how unremarkable it was. Senators from both parties asked questions on the full range of the FDA’s jurisdiction, and Dr. Gottlieb’s experience combined with his clear preparation for the hearing resulted in an uneve...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - April 7, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Rachel Sachs Tags: Drugs and Medical Innovation Featured FDA generic drugs opioid epidemic Source Type: blogs
Puerto Rico Continues to Ignore Congress
Puerto Rico came to Congress last year because it desperately needed some sort of help: after a decade of deficit financing, it is now $72 billion in the hole. It owes much of that money to traditional individual investors and savers across the United States, who have lent it money over the last decade, and even more to current and future pensioners.The law that Speaker Ryan pushed through Congress, PROMESA, was meant to be that help. It provided the island ’s government with breathing room to get its fiscal act together and authorized an Oversight Board to oversee its finances and–crucially–give it the political cov...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 5, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Ike Brannon Source Type: blogs
Marketplace Radio Laments Uber ’s Victims: Investment Banks
On Monday NPR ’s Marketplace shared a tale of woe that Uber has created for the hard-working blue collar men who own taxicab medallions in New York City, thereby illustrating once and for all that in today’s liberal zeitgeist, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.In a normal world, public radio ’s reflexive liberalism would greatly object to the system of taxicab medallions: A few decades ago New York City set a cap for the number of drivers and gave each driver at that time a medallion that must be displayed on the cab itself to be legal. Because demand for cabs went up over the last fo ur decades, the medallions ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 4, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Ike Brannon Source Type: blogs
A Nation in Pain
This past week, Governor John Kasich of Ohio issued an executive order limiting the amount of opioids doctors and dentists can prescribe to no more than a 7 day supply. Failure to comply could result in disciplinary action, including loss of license. Exceptions exist only for patients with cancer or those enrolled in hospice programs. For all the rest, it represents a hard full stop. No longer will the chronic pain sufferer, the woman status post lumbar back fusion x 3, be able to get a prescription for a month's supply of oxycodone with 3 refills.On the surface this appears to be a reasonable initiativ...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - April 2, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Can You Tell the Real Politicians from the Satirical Ones?
At least in Serbia, people know that politicians ’ promises are ridiculous.NPR reports on a satirical candidate named Ljubisa Beli Preletacevic, or just Beli for short:A new politician is here to save you. I ’m pure and clean. Whatever the other politicians promise you, I will promise you three times more.I ’ll give jobs to everyone and big pensions to everyone. I’m going to move the sea here because we need a beach.Satire it may be, but his new party won 12 council seats in his home town, and most of his party ’s candidates are seriously seeking election. Reporter Joanna Kakissis continues:There will be no cor...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 31, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
SCOTUS blog summary of Moore v Texas Atkins decision
SCOTUSblogOpinion analysis: A victory for intellectually disabled inmates in TexasArgument transcriptArgument analysis: Justices hesitant about extending ERISA to church-affiliated pension plansArgument preview: Court to weigh suppression of evidence in notorious D.C. murderLive blog of opinions (Update: Completed)Tuesday round-upPetition of the dayArgument transcriptsOpinion analysis: A victory for intellectually disabled inmates in TexasPosted: 28 Mar 2017 10:51 AM PDTA Texas death-row inmate will get a shot at a new sentence after the Supreme Court ruled today that a state court applied the wrong standards to conclude...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - March 28, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
SCOTUS blog report on Moore v Texas Atkins decision
/**/SCOTUSblogOpinion analysis: A victory for intellectually disabled inmates in TexasArgument transcriptArgument analysis: Justices hesitant about extending ERISA to church-affiliated pension plansArgument preview: Court to weigh suppression of evidence in notorious D.C. murderLive blog of opinions (Update: Completed)Tuesday round-upPetition of the dayArgument transcriptsOpinion analysis: A victory for intellectually disabled inmates in TexasPosted: 28 Mar 2017 10:51 AM PDTA Texas death-row inmate will get a shot at a new sentence after the Supreme Court ruled today that a state court applied the wrong standards to conclu...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - March 28, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
The American Health Care Act isn ’t perfect. It’s pragmatic.
The CEO of the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Noseworthy, was last heard recommending patients fire their physicians suffering from burnout. While he does not have truckloads of compassion or empathy for colleagues; he is, at least, honest. Dr. Noseworthy recently confessed, “We’re asking … if the patient has commercial insurance, or they’re Medicaid or Medicare patients, and they’re equal that we prioritize the commercial insured patients enough so … We can be financially strong at the end of the year to continue to advance our mission.” The “ailing” nonprofit generated a paltry $475 million last year.
During ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 24, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/niran-s-al-agba" rel="tag" > Niran S. Al-Agba, MD < /a > Tags: Policy Health reform Source Type: blogs
Dr. Noseworthy and the AHCA
NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD
The CEO of the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Noseworthy, was last heard recommending patients fire their physicians suffering from burnout. While he does not have truckloads of compassion or empathy for colleagues; he is, at least, honest. Dr. Noseworthy recently confessed “We’re asking…if the patient has commercial insurance, or they’re Medicaid or Medicare patients and they’re equal that we prioritize the commercial insured patients enough so… We can be financially strong at the end of the year to continue to advance our mission.” The ‘ailing’ nonprofit generated a paltry $475 million last year.
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Source: The Health Care Blog - March 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized AHCA Al-Agba Mayo Noseworthy Source Type: blogs
Puerto Rico ’s Half-Hearted Stab at Fiscal Reform Threaten’s the Island’s Long-Term Prospects
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello and Federal Oversight Board Chairman Jose Carrion III will be in Washington this week to testify before Congress on the progress the Commonwealth has made since President Obama signed The Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) into law last summer. At the time, the press heralded the legislation as a bipartisan achievement and a legislative victory for House Speaker Paul Ryan, but that declaration of victory is beginning to appear a bit premature.Eight months later, and six weeks before the bill ’s stay on litigation expires, Governor Rossello and Cha...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 20, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Ike Brannon Source Type: blogs
