February 2013 Newsletter

Protect Patients Now Volume 8, Issue 2 February 2013 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: Medical Lawsuit Abuse Makes Health Care Costs Tough to Swallow To the Editor: Liability Reforms Have Decreased Costs, Increased Access to Care HCLA Members to...

The Experts: How to Fix Health Care

What single change could be made to the current health-care reimbursement system to help bring down costs? Recent Journal Report articles on the future of Accountable Care Organizations and the expansion of Medicaid have touched on the issue of cost reduction.The Wall...

Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us

1. Routine Care, Unforgettable Bills When Sean Recchi, a 42-year-old from Lancaster, Ohio, was told last March that he had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, his wife Stephanie knew she had to get him to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Stephanie’s father had been treated...