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From the Field: Nurses Week at AACN
Read Registered Nurse Cathy Glasson's report from the NTI/AACN conference, where Healthcare United sponsored a hospitality suite to discuss the issues facing critical care RNs. Full Story
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NY Times Gets it Right on Healthcare Crisis
We need to address the fact that insurance that costs an arm and a leg and doesn't give you sufficient coverage is not real health insurance. Real healthcare reform in this country has to have at least three pieces to it - it's got to be available for everybody, it's got to actually cover the real costs of illness and injury, and it's got to be affordable. Full Story
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Drug Companies: The Costs Are Too High
This week, the New York Times ran a story about the crippling cost of prescription drugs, confirming what caregivers like you and I see every day. Patients are faced with paying hundreds or thousands of dollars for live-saving drugs because drug companies keep demanding more and more profits. Full Story
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Rising Premiums Causing Headaches for…Insurance Companies?
If you’re like most people, you’ve probably seen your health insurance premiums skyrocket over the past few years. On average, people who get insurance through their job saw their premiums go up 10 percent from 2006 to 2007. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg – the average employee now contributes $1,400 more to their healthcare plan than they did in 2000! All in all, the shrinking number of companies that offer health insurance pay over $12,000 on average for family health insurance coverage for their employees. With all of this, could you believe that health insurance companies could be facing money troubles? Full Story
