For years, various patient advocate groups have been helping folks get health insurance. In particular, the AKF (American Kidney Fund) has been paying the premiums for folks who are undergoing dialysis.
Tag Archives: drugs
Obamacare Choice
I haven’t written about Obamacare (PPACA, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is its more formal appelation) in a while. And, several of my clients have asked questions based upon spurious statements (yes, this opinion will be substantiated) by several insurance companies about the ability of Obamacare to work and provide profitable engagements for the insurance companies.
New Tools Against Cancer
Genetic engineering? Immunotherapy? These are terms often mentioned in the news, but we don’t totally grasp their significance- especially for cancer victims.
21st Century at last?
Way back when I was first starting out as a chemical engineer, I had the opportunity to meet some pioneers in the field of bioengineering. No, this time I don’t mean the medical version of bioengineering- but the biochemical types. Drs. Arnie Demain, Elmer Gaden, Art Humphrey, Danny Wang.
Move over Kathy Griffin. We need the D list.
Gateway
You know that crap that we don’t timeslice or multitask? Do you not walk around and talk on the phone? What about when you are cooking? (You DO cook, right?) You are thinking of the next ingredient to add as you tend to the dissolution, sautéing, or mixing of what is in front of you.
Merger or Tax Ploy?
This will be the first in a series of discussions about what is going on with and among big pharma [the pharmaceutical industry]. But, really, this specific post is more about the corporate taxation process in America and the world.
Unregulated foods, devices, and drugs – just the adjective should let you know there are problems!
Americans pay a steep price for “brand name” drugs, yet our generics are among the cheapest in the world. But, we also have know that our very same “brand name” drugs are cheaper when purchased almost anywhere else in the world. As the internet (some of us really were around when it began- when you had to know a series of what seem like arcane numbers to reach your destination) grew and got simpler, we found that we could buy those drugs for less money than we could from our local pharmacy. But should we?