Posts Tagged ‘healthcare’
Choose a hospital based on the chance you will die in it
If you enjoy morbid statistics, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has got a website for you. At DHS’s Hospital Compare site, you can figure out (among other things) how many people died from various diseases at hospitals you are likely to visit.
Hospital Compare is awful to navigate, but there is a ton of [...]
Medical debts are covered by the FDCPA, too
Although we spend a lot of time on debt collection and credit cards, more consumers are experiencing problems with medical debt than anything else. In fact, some consumers’ credit card debt may be linked to medical bills, as well. The fact that so many Americans cannot afford healthcare is a political problem, but debt collectors [...]
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act prevents insurers from using your genes to jack up your premium
Insurers would love to assess your risk based your genes. That is, if you were high risk for cancer, your insurer would prefer to charge you a higher premium, since there would be a good chance it will be paying for expensive cancer treatment at some point.
Of course, everyone has some genetic predispositions. But many [...]
