By
MikeH on
June 28, 2012
All eyes are on the U.S. Supreme Court, which just ruled today on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Everyone’s talking about this, and it’s apparently the most widely anticipated Court decision in memory, according to those in the know.
This is about insurance and our society’s desire to pay for well-being. Just one example of why this is so important comes from a study released in mid-June stating more than 26,000 working-age adults…
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Lack of access to diabetes supplies and education is a serious issue that we often talk about in regards to developing countries. But the fact of the matter is that it’s also a huge problem here in the U.S. This month’s DSMA (Diabetes Social Media) carnival topic aims to tackle the issue with this question:
Let’s discuss the lack of diabetes education, supplies and insulin for PWDs living here and in other countries. What can…
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We recently launched a series on Diabetes Around the Globe because while diabetes doesn’t discriminate, life with diabetes looks very different depending on where you are in the world. We started off with Mike, a British ex-pat living in Spain, followed by Anke from Germany. Today we bring you Jamie, from the Great White North a.k.a. Canada!
Jamie Naessens lives in a small town in Ontario, and works in Toronto. She’s the mom of a…
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By
AmyT on
December 4, 2008
Now this is interesting: I just learned that a new campaign has been launched today called “Cure CVS” — critiquing the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chain for these offenses:
“CVS has repeatedly kept expired drugs on its shelves,
failed to protect sensitive patient data,
overcharged customers in a number of cities,
and stands by corporate policy that puts patient health at risk, which is simply unacceptable.
Numerous racial and income-based issues are also part of…
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