via BlackDoctor: Students have report cards, Consumer Reports rates new cars, and employees, like it or not, get regular performance reviews. But if you’re looking for a new doctor and health plan, or a hospital that offers quality care, where do you go? Are there any “report cards” for health care? The answer is yes. […]
via BlackDoctor: Every year my mother texts or calls to check whether I’ve completed my annual physical, dental cleaning and vision test. Going to the dentist and optometrist has always been easy to complete, but going to the doctor for routine check-ups and blood tests haven’t been. In my case, accessibility to a network of […]
via eurweb: Viola Davis, who has spoken at length about growing up in “abject poverty” in Rhode Island, recently shared a heartbreaking story about her father being turned away from an emergency room despite suffering from a gall bladder infection. “He had an infection and he walked three miles to the hospital in 12-degree weather,” […]
On Monday, hundreds of people representing educators, civil rights and voting rights groups, labor, and environmental activists gathered at 30 state capitals across the country to demand change during the "Higher Ground Moral Day of Action" demonstrations.
Partisan fighting in Congress over healthcare is on the horizon, as one of the nation’s insurance giants plans its exit from the Affordable Care Act insurance exchange, The Washington Post reports. On Monday, Aetna said it would significantly reduce its participation in the Obamacare marketplace next year, exiting 11 of the 15 states where it […]
Today Yolanda and The Fellas got a call-in from The 44th President of the United States Barrack Obama!!! The President talked about The Affordable Care Act. The President said that 9.5 million people have signed up and he wants more to do so..Check out the entire interview below…Don’t forget Feb 15 is the last day […]
President Obama touts the benefit of health coverage at a town hall event this month (03-05-14) in Washington. More than 5 million people have now signed up for health insurance on marketplaces created by President Obama’s healthcare law, thanks to a surge in enrollment over the last two weeks, the Obama administration announced Monday. The quickening […]
Even though the law passed three years ago, there’s still a lot of confusion out there about the basics of the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare. So hopefully some people will find this useful. Obamacare … okay to call it that? Yes. The name used to have a negative vibe, but the President has since […]
The United States prides itself on “exceptionalism” and being the world’s “super-power;” unfortunately those bragging rights do not extend to how we treat many groups,…
In this exclusive opinion piece, actor Gabrielle Union issues an impassioned and very personal plea to spare the Affordable Care Act, now under attack by politicians. ———— I am going to do something that most people in my position don’t do often – tell you my age. I am 39 years old. I am at […]
