Comments on: Brown Pushes To Relax Health Insurance Regulations http://www.wbur.org/2009/12/29/senate-candidates-health WBUR is Boston's NPR News Station, featuring NPR news and programs such as Car Talk, On Point, Here & Now, Only A Game and Radio Boston. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ron http://www.wbur.org/2009/12/29/senate-candidates-health/comment-page-1#comment-6316 Ron Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:15:11 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=13418#comment-6316 The Journal of the American Medical Association July 2000 published an article by Barbara Starfield. Each year in the US there are: 12,000 deaths from unnecessary surgeries; 7,000 deaths from medication errors in hospitals; 20,000 deaths from other errors in hospitals; 80,000 deaths from infections acquired in hospitals; 106,000 deaths from FDA-approved correctly prescribed medicines. The total of medically-caused deaths in the US every year is 225,000. This makes the medical system the third leading cause of death in America, behind heart disease and cancer. Other important facts came to light with the publishing of this paper: 2.1 million people in America, every year, are hospitalized as a result of reactions to FDA-approved medicines. Annually, 36 million serious adverse reactions to those drugs occur. This article should have caused a big concern for the publics interest. Of course, that never happened. If you really want to cut costs then do something about the real costs. Stop singling out a small profession like the chiropractors!! The Journal of the American Medical Association July 2000 published an article by Barbara Starfield. Each year in the US there are: 12,000 deaths from unnecessary surgeries; 7,000 deaths from medication errors in hospitals; 20,000 deaths from other errors in hospitals; 80,000 deaths from infections acquired in hospitals; 106,000 deaths from FDA-approved correctly prescribed medicines.
The total of medically-caused deaths in the US every year is 225,000. This makes the medical system the third leading cause of death in America, behind heart disease and cancer.
Other important facts came to light with the publishing of this paper: 2.1 million people in America, every year, are hospitalized as a result of reactions to FDA-approved medicines. Annually, 36 million serious adverse reactions to those drugs occur. This article should have caused a big concern for the publics interest. Of course, that never happened. If you really want to cut costs then do something about the real costs.
Stop singling out a small profession like the chiropractors!!

]]> By: Tinker Ready http://www.wbur.org/2009/12/29/senate-candidates-health/comment-page-1#comment-6312 Tinker Ready Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:42:02 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=13418#comment-6312 Boston Health News: Coakley take note: State requires coverage for outdated breast cancer treatment: ...The reason Mass added bone marrow transplants for BC to the list is that -- even though women were demanding it --the procedure was unproven and considered experimental. Now the results are in and have been for a while-- BMT doesn't help. But the mandated coverage remains on the books. It's far from the only outdated statute in Mass, but Coakley might want to reconsider her continuing support for it. Boston Health News: Coakley take note: State requires coverage for outdated breast cancer treatment:

…The reason Mass added bone marrow transplants for BC to the list is that — even though women were demanding it –the procedure was unproven and considered experimental. Now the results are in and have been for a while– BMT doesn’t help. But the mandated coverage remains on the books. It’s far from the only outdated statute in Mass, but Coakley might want to reconsider her continuing support for it.

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