Who's Paying For Health Care?

Posted by penus on Monday, May 28, 2012

America spent 17.3% of its gross domestic product on health care in 2009 (1). If you break that down on an individual level, we spend $7,129 per person each year on health care...more than any other country in the world (2). With 17 cents of every dollar [...]
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Health Care Fraud

Posted by penus on Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Perfect StormToday, health care fraud is all over the news. There undoubtedly is fraud in health care. The same is true for every business or endeavor touched by human hands, e.g. banking, credit, insurance, politics, etc. There is no question that [...]
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Hiring a Home Health Care Employee

Posted by penus on Sunday, May 20, 2012

Providing the primary care for an elder loved one can be difficult. When you cannot deliver all the elder care yourself and support from friends, family, and community organizations is not enough, it may be useful to hire a home health care worker. He [...]
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Volunteers Needed

Posted by penus on Thursday, May 17, 2012

NEEDING VOLUNTEERS - We are seeking people who can volunteer to help me feed / rug and unrug 16 ponies in the mornings and nights. Carol is going in for surgery and I work full time so we need some help. Mornings 5am [...]
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A Prescription For the Health Care Crisis

Posted by penus on Tuesday, May 15, 2012

With all the shouting going on about America's health care crisis, many are probably finding it difficult to concentrate, much less understand the cause of the problems confronting us. I find myself dismayed at the tone of the discussion (though I understand [...]
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Google Health

Posted by penus on Thursday, May 10, 2012

Online Health Management TechnologiesGoogle HealthThere are a number of online tools available to help you keep track of your health records. Google offers a great one in its arsenal of online applications. It is called [...]
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