http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2006/11/28/the-high-cost-of-staying-healthy/ Your Source of What\'s Happening Now Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:58:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2006/11/28/the-high-cost-of-staying-healthy/#comment-446 colleen murphy Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:51:53 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2006/11/28/the-high-cost-of-staying-healthy/#comment-446 I heard before the end of last year about a bill being presented to make sure every employee receive a 6-day sick pay benefit. I have not heard anythng since. Can you please give me any info on this subject? I heard before the end of last year about a bill being presented to make sure every employee receive a 6-day sick pay benefit. I have not heard anythng since. Can you please give me any info on this subject?

]]> http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2006/11/28/the-high-cost-of-staying-healthy/#comment-447 colleen murphy Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:48:12 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2006/11/28/the-high-cost-of-staying-healthy/#comment-447 I heard on the news shortly before the end of last year about a bill that could be passed to make sure every employee receives a 6-day sick pay benefit. I have not heard anything since. Can you please give me info on this subject? I heard on the news shortly before the end of last year about a bill that could be passed to make sure every employee receives a 6-day sick pay benefit. I have not heard anything since. Can you please give me info on this subject?

]]> http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2006/11/28/the-high-cost-of-staying-healthy/#comment-448 E. Jackson Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:53:55 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2006/11/28/the-high-cost-of-staying-healthy/#comment-448 I would like to applaud the nurses for standing up for patient rights, but I am confused.... teacher's can't strike or walk out... what's it going to take to get people to value a child's education like we value our healthcare???? I would like to applaud the nurses for standing up for patient rights, but I am confused…. teacher’s can’t strike or walk out… what’s it going to take to get people to value a child’s education like we value our healthcare????

]]> http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2006/11/28/the-high-cost-of-staying-healthy/#comment-449 Susan R Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:06:02 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2006/11/28/the-high-cost-of-staying-healthy/#comment-449 Comparing car insurance to 'body insurance' is ludicrous. The amount I pay in car insurance is seldom related to my own driving abilities, it's in direct correlation to how crappy a driver everyone else is. Insurance isn't affordable because it's profit-driven and not result-driven. Since nobody's willing to take a loss (the insurance companies OR the doctors), we're all going to lose (the patients). Our family has medical insurance, which we pay dearly for, so that we may enjoy high deductibles and copays with the added 'benefit' of a small amount of preferred providers in the network. Other than not getting turned away at area hospitals for 'lack of insurance', what sort of benefits do the insured actually enjoy that the uninsured do not? Comparing car insurance to ‘body insurance’ is ludicrous. The amount I pay in car insurance is seldom related to my own driving abilities, it’s in direct correlation to how crappy a driver everyone else is. Insurance isn’t affordable because it’s profit-driven and not result-driven. Since nobody’s willing to take a loss (the insurance companies OR the doctors), we’re all going to lose (the patients). Our family has medical insurance, which we pay dearly for, so that we may enjoy high deductibles and copays with the added ‘benefit’ of a small amount of preferred providers in the network. Other than not getting turned away at area hospitals for ‘lack of insurance’, what sort of benefits do the insured actually enjoy that the uninsured do not?

]]> http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2006/11/28/the-high-cost-of-staying-healthy/#comment-450 Calvin PA-C Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:31:56 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2006/11/28/the-high-cost-of-staying-healthy/#comment-450 i have to have minimum amount of insurance on my car so why not my body? i have to have minimum amount of insurance on my car so why not my body?

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