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...Since HMOs have done such a sorry job of managing care for healthy folks, how in the world are they ever going to do it for the sickest Americans? That's the vexing question facing health insurers and employers as they try to deal with the growing ranks of the chronically ill--a number that is expected to double, to close to 180 million, in the next few decades...
Obviously, the HMOs would like to save a buck or two in the process. Although many observers are skeptical that all this hand-holding can actually cut costs, American Healthways, which is trying to market what it calls "care enhancement" to all patients, insists that insurers will save $3 for every $1 they pony...
Early in the week it looked certain that a bipartisan bill making it easy for patients to sue their HMOs would pass the House. Republican Charlie Norwood, a dentist turned Congressman and a leading voice on the issue, wasn't bowing to constant pressure from Bush. As Norwood shuttled back and forth between the White House and his allies--including Senators John McCain and Ted Kennedy--he promised them he wouldn't sell...
Indeed, the animals are so good at what they do that it may be only a matter of time before they win over the real powers that be in the medical establishment--the HMOs. "Insurance companies will need to recognize the benefits of animal-assisted therapy and reimburse accordingly," predicts Richmond's Barker, whose study of 230 hospitalized patients treated with--and without--a dog in the room was published in the journal Psychiatric Services. The canine-assisted sessions measurably reduced anxiety in depressive and demented patients and cut the anxiety level of psychotic patients in half...
...Early in the week it looked certain that a bipartisan bill making it easy for patients to sue their HMOs would pass the House. Republican Charlie Norwood, a dentist turned Congressman and a leading voice on the issue, wasn't bowing to constant pressure from Bush. As Norwood shuttled back and forth between the White House and his allies - including Senators John McCain and Ted Kennedy - he promised them he wouldn't sell...