Category: Costs
Oz Griebel: Reduce Legislators’ and Their Spouses’ Free Health Insurance Life Coverage
I am not familiar with all the candidates for Connecticut governor, but I have had the pleasure of meeting GOP contender Oz Griebel in many of his roles: banker and civic leader.
He is not a politician by your standard measurements, but he is extremely qualified in my book.
Ct Atty Gen Investigating CVS Threat To Terminate Discount Drug Program
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal Wednesday announced an investigation of CVS Caremark’s threat to terminate a consumer discount drug program because the law requires the chain to extend the same discounts to the state’s Medicaid program. Blumenthal, in cooperation with Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr., has sent CVS Caremark a subpoena [...]
Hartford Medical Group Billing Investigated As Two Patients Thrown Out Of Practice
One of the largest medical practices in Connecticut is under investigation by the state attorney general’s office for its billing practices after two patients were thrown out for creating a fuss over being charged additional office visit fees as part of their routine physicals.
Two West Hartford residents were told by Dr. Kent Stahl, CEO of Hartford Medical Group, which serves 50,000 patients, that they were no longer welcome in the practice.
Discharging Heart Patients Early Backfires, Causing Repeat Hospitalization
One of the government’s and hospitals’ way of reducing health costs has been to shorten hospital stays for all categories, including heart treatments. Unfortunately, the latest studies show that cutting down hospital stays has too frequently resulted in problems requiring re-admission. In a Wall Street Journal story today by Ron Winslow, he reports on a [...]
College Health Costs: Check It Close, Read Fine Print
Some colleges have great health care available for students as well as reasonably priced insurance. However, Mary Pilon writes in in favorite newspaper, the Wall Street Journal, that parents and students need to find out the specifics at their colleges. “Not only do colleges sometimes overcharge students for health services, but school health plans are [...]
$102 Million Payout To United Healthcare CEO Draws Outrage
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today expressed outrage over reports that United Healthcare paid its CEO $102 million in compensation last year and called on the state Department of Insurance to consider executive pay in future company rate cases. United Healthcare recently acquired Health Net. “I was shocked to learn that United Healthcare, the company that [...]
AstraZeneca Agrees To Fines: Ct To Get $3.15 Million
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Michael P. Starkowski announced that Connecticut will receive $3.15 million under an agreement in principle with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP for alleged off-label marketing of Seroquel, and antipsychotic drug, for uses unapproved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). AstraZeneca will pay the states [...]
One Way To Reduce Medical Costs: Knowing What The Costs Are
Time Magazine’s Barbara Kiviat is right on in her Curious Capitalist April 19 column on pinpointing one of the critical reasons for high medical costs. Her thesis is that no one really knows the cost of most medical procedures and that is why its so hard to control them. For instance, she notes that the [...]
Home Medical Products: Why They Are Exorbitant
Our Healthcare Consumer Explains Why Home Medical Products Are Exorbitant Keith is a wheelchair user who writes that he is appalled at the prices often charged for items supplied to the disabled. As an example, a replacement battery charger for his power wheelchair was billed at over $480 and he was personally responsible for paying [...]
Save Money On Medicine, Switching To Generics Can Save You A Fortune
Do you take the purple Nexium pill for heartburn? AstraZeneca loves you. You helped it earn billions of dollars from a pill that does little more – if anything – than its generic version, Prilosec. At Costo, where virtually all drugs are cheaper, you can purchase a six week supply for $15 dollars while Nexium [...]
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