How caregiving or home care at home can be affordable? Families help with the caregiving team. Client also helps in his/her care. There is consistency in care, ensuring each caregiver brings their heart to the job in treating each client like their family. Text 408-854-1883 for affordable and compassionate caregivers in the bay area. http://www.clubalthea.comContinue reading “Cost of home care”
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Why caregivers in the bay area want $20 per hour
IHSS, In home health support services in the counties in the bay area pay $15 per hour (paid for by the county, check requirements, 65 yr and older, low income) and families have a hard time finding caregivers without paying the additional $5 per hour from their pockets. Motherhealth caregivers sample fee based on levelContinue reading “Why caregivers in the bay area want $20 per hour”
UVA Health System revamps aggressive debt collection practices after report
UVA Health System revamps aggressive debt collection practices after report Add to list Heather Waldron lost her home to foreclosure proceedings after UVA Health System sued her for $164,000 after she was unable to pay her bills. (Griffin Pivarunas for Kaiser Health News/Photo by Griffin Pivarunas for Kaiser Health News) By Jay Hancock, Elizabeth Lucas and Kaiser Health News Continue reading “UVA Health System revamps aggressive debt collection practices after report”
How the middle class in the bay area disappeared
Two parents must work to afford housing. One must sell their house to pay for surgery or nursing homes. One must pay half of the paycheck for one medication. A family must pay for half their paycheck for health insurance premiums for 3. Day care costs a third of their paycheck. Single mothers must haveContinue reading “How the middle class in the bay area disappeared”
Sovaldi , for Hepatitis C, is $483 in India and $84,000 in the USA
Sofosbuvir, sold under the brand name Sovaldi among others, is a medication used for the treatment of hepatitis C.[1] It is only recommended with some combination of ribavirin, peginterferon-alfa, simeprevir, ledipasvir, daclatasvir, or velpatasvir.[3][4] Cure rates are 30 to 97% depending on the type of hepatitis C virus involved.[5] Safety during pregnancy is unclear; while, some of the medications used in combination may result in harm to the baby.[5] ItContinue reading “Sovaldi , for Hepatitis C, is $483 in India and $84,000 in the USA”
What is the real cost of in home caregivers
Depending on level of care and if there is lifting and tube feeding, 24-hour care can start at $450. If it is just like a companion, light housekeeping, cooking ,shopping and other assistance in daily living for an ambulatory client, who uses a walker, it can be $25 per hour for a 4 hour period.Continue reading “What is the real cost of in home caregivers”
Health Care self serving predatory practices
Thanks to the internet we can research and find our information and so we can ask our doctor more questions who only have 15 minutes to meet us. But not every one uses the computer or the latest gadget in health care. How much do you pay for prescription meds, for example? What about healthContinue reading “Health Care self serving predatory practices”
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A mobile health application designed by health consumers
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Dems open ACA repeal bill hearing with slashing attack
By Harris Meyer | March 8, 2017 Democrats opened a House committee hearing Wednesday to mark up the Republicans’ bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with a slashing attack on the GOP for not offering an open and transparent process for considering the legislation. Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas asked that HouseContinue reading “Dems open ACA repeal bill hearing with slashing attack”
Costs for hospital stay in the USA
Of the $377.5 billion aggregate hospital inpatient costs in 2012, 46 percent was for Medicare-covered stays and 16 percent was for Medicaid-covered stays. Thus, patients covered by government payers accounted for at least 62 percent of all hospital costs. ■ More than half of Medicare-covered and uninsured stays were medical (55 percent and 54 percent,Continue reading “Costs for hospital stay in the USA”
Best health care in the world, Germany
The German system requires every one to be a member of sickness funds. These are non profit organisations which provide healthcare for their members and have to take everyone. People are free to change funds at any time. It used to be that Germany allowed the very rich to opt out of the system andContinue reading “Best health care in the world, Germany”
$10k health care cost per person in the USA
The nation’s health care tab this year is expected to surpass $10,000 per person for the first time, the government said Wednesday. The new peak means the Obama administration will pass the problem of high health care costs on to its successor. The report from number crunchers at the Department of Health and Human ServicesContinue reading “$10k health care cost per person in the USA”
Hospitalized Seniors Should Watch Out if they’re outpatient and not inpatient by SZ Berg
An increasing number of hospitalized patients age 65 and over are being classified as outpatients under observation rather than as admitted. “When hospitals classify people as ‘outpatients,’ on observation status, rather than as admitted inpatients, those patients cannot obtain Medicare nursing home coverage and may also have hospital bills they would not have if properlyContinue reading “Hospitalized Seniors Should Watch Out if they’re outpatient and not inpatient by SZ Berg”