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Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare

Physician's Weekly

More than a year after her riding accident, Diamond was back at the emergency room after she tripped on a step while entering a New York restaurant. “What I see constantly now is that insurers go back and they claw back the money from the doctor and the doctor then claws the money back from the patient,” he said.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

What hasn’t been shown, Eric, is that if you apply tools like this, clinical outcomes down the road are better for patients. I don’t have access to change the levers of government. They’re dedicated, committed, they’re there for their patients and they understand it’s really important.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. The patient case. Alex 15:13 This is really complicated. Okay, we’ ve got a lot to talk about.

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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

The songs about how saving lives is actually a pretty complicated business. Sheryl: Largely the people who live there as opposed to government funds. And that’s the complication here is there’s so many things that the staff can be trained on. And I also think it’s a little bit topical. Alex: Yeah. Eric: Nice.