My thanks to Al Lewis of quizzify.com for bringing this story to my attention. It seems that a 57-year-old woman who had a history of a double mastectomy for breast cancer was told by her employer that she had to get her annual screening mammogram or she would be fined each...
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I’m back to my usual comments after my long series on the many ways family physicians deliver better care at a lower cost. When our article came out that I’ve been commenting on, I was in the middle of griping about Dr. Oz again. I’ll pick up where I left off....
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The PPACA (The Obama Healthcare Law) includes a provision that employers may use up to 30% of the employee’s health insurance premium for wellness incentives. An article in the NEJM discussed some of the difficulties of this seemingly straightforward effort to prevent the onset of chronic diseases and lower healthcare costs....
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