Helmets are for adults as well

The last time I Checked, adults are suppose to be wearing helmets as well. The culprits that bugs me the most are those who make their kids wear one and then ride around on their bicycle as if they are super people who are immuned to head injury.

click here for tips about bicylce helmet do's and don'ts

Healthcare news of the week June 5th

From Kaiser:Toolkit of prepared cell phone text messages for public emergency is available to the public through the department of health and human services.

Some program okay'd by the health care reform bill,lacks funding.

From WSJ heatlh blog;Physician's bonus based on quality are few and far between.

HHS said most unisured unable to pay hospital bill

Click below to read the latest press release for HHS, this one is regarding a study which proved that most of uninsured Americans are unable to pay their hospital bill. The article states that about $73 billion in unpaid hospital bills get past on to the insured and their employers.
The article also makes a comparison between auto-insurance and medical insurance, and this makes me wonder if the government is making a case for requiring us all to have medical insurance.

http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/05/20110510a.html

from wsj: new CEO of changehealthcare on price transparency

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2011/05/03/incoming-ceo-of-changehealthcare-on-price-transparency/?mod=WSJBlog&mod=WSJ_health

Interesting assessment of Obama and Ryan's Plan for Medicare.

I agree with this assessment
http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/04/15/paul-ryan-medicare-reform-hocus-pocus/?section=money_topstories

Obama's plans for medicare

Obama seeks medicare savings but rejects the GOP's plan
Read more here:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-13/obama-embraces-debt-panel-ideas-shuns-ryan-s-medicare-plan.html

HHS..announces "Partnership for Patients.

"Paternship for Patients" is a new initiative that aims to reduce to number of patient getting sicker as compared to the 2010 levels and to increase the number of patient that heal without complication by 2013. It was formed by The department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in partnership with leaders of major hospitals, employers, physicians, nurses, and patient advocates along with state and federal governments in a shared effort to make hospital care safer, more reliable, and less costly.

For more information see the links below:
http://www.healthcare.gov/center/programs/partnership
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/04/20110412a.html
http://www.cms.gov/DemoProjectsEvalRpts/MD/itemdetail.asp?itemID=CMS1239313