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Burnette-Dubose's experience is extreme, but many American patients feel the same way - like they're just a number in line at the butcher's shop. Some patients have had enough, and those who can afford it are choosing to pay hefty premiums out-of-pocket to get more personalized, more polite service. There are now more than 1,000 doctors in the U.S. who have opened concierge, or boutique, practices, according to the Society for Innovative Medical Practice Design. They limit the number of patients they see so they can devote more time to each; accept insurance...
...lives, but that he overloads us with extraneous phrases and superfluous essays and so violates our need for order and regularity. Ultimately, with Samuels’ book—much as in life—we are left clinging on to particular moments that we find significant and pocket-sized absolutes...
...spending is by poor citizens. Money is so tight that many rural Indians skip doctors and rely on advice from local pharmacists, who too often prescribe cough syrup or tablets that do nothing to help. Because only one in 10 Indians has any form of health insurance, out-of-pocket payments for medical care amount to 98.4% of total health expenditures by households, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers study, which estimates that 20 million people in India fall below the poverty line each year because of indebtedness due to health-care needs. In Brazil and China, both countries India often compares...
...Director Robert Stevens met yesterday with representatives of CHA and the City Council Veterans Committee to discuss coordinating health services for local veterans. The DVS benefits program serves low-income veterans and their surviving spouses by paying costs not covered by state medical insurance. These costs include out-of-pocket medical expenses, insurance premiums, and fees associated with Medicare Parts B and D, which cover many outpatient services and prescription medications. The program also provides a stipend for living expenses. Unique to Massachusetts, the DVS veterans’ program is funded by individual cities, which then receive a 75 percent...
DeBergalis can recite a list of statistics—the annual American ice cream market is $12 billion, and the annual video game market is $20 billion, for example—that make the amount spent on elections look like pocket change. “We are competing, and losing badly, in my opinion, for the attention of people compared to all the other things that can occupy your time and money, ranging from entertainment to goods that you like to buy,” he says...