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- Pharmacist pushback against insurer drugs-by-mail plan
- You've got some good points, but...from where I'm sitting the problem is a whole lot bigger than you make it out to be.Thanks for bringing this topic up.Yes, there is a great deal of truth that "drugs-by-mail" operations supported by health insurance plans do hit the smaller pharmacies. However...
- Tags: Insurance, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, pharmacist, pharmacy, MEDCO, Kerr, insurance company, CVS Corp., health care
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Health insurance is an oxymoron
- Meaningful reformOne. Allow insurance companies to offer any kind of plan they want ranging from catastrophic to "we'll pay for pimples," and price them accordingly. Eliminate the requirement that insurance companies have to cover pre-existing conditions without being able to charge higher rates.Two. Lower the costs of being in the...
- Tags: Financial Planning, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health insurance, insurance, health care, insurance company, personal responsibility
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- Global piracy on the rise
- Global piracy on the riseWhat's a loss?Does the loss include dropping your prices to be more inline with the economy of the country you're selling in? Did the drop in piracy coincide with a drop in prices or an increase in enforcement? Or both? Is the BSA...
- Tags: software key, piracy, software
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- RDBMS license costs and Open Source
- RDBMS license costs and Open SourceSoftware EngineeringOne of the basic tenants of SE is that 90% of the cost of software "projects" development is in the maintenance phase. IOW all the work of designing, developing and deploying only amount to 10% of the lifecycle cost. So if you doubled your...
- Tags: Databases, Processors, Servers, RDBMS, maintenance phase, CPU, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-03-09
- Extreme capitalism. Consumption supreme. Is it over?
- Extreme capitalism. Consumption supreme. Is it over?Obamasiah will not allow drilling or new Nuclear powerObamasiah has banned off-shore drilling and building of any new power plants.So I hope everyone enjoys the 25% ENERGY TAX coming this summer, get ready to have electricity crisis along with high fuel cost...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Extreme Capitalism, accountability, Obamasiah
- Discussion threads 2009-03-08
- Moneychangers in the medical temple
- Moneychangers in the medical templeAdvertising & Lack of competition at heart of problemAdvertising adds billions of dollars to the cost of America's medicines. We're drowning in TV & printed ads for medications. Drug companies fly reps all over the country, treating doctors and nurses to free lunches &...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Health Reform, advertisement, lunch, medication, patient
- Discussion threads 2009-03-06
- Genentech playing poker with Alzheimer
- Genentech playing poker with AlzheimerYour health articles push my buttons.It's not you. It's the subject. My knowledge of the health industry is only about 5% of what I know about Open Source. That doesn't mean I don't have opinions, well informed or not. We...
- Tags: Investment, Benefits, Alzheimer, knowledge, Genentech Inc., stock
- Discussion threads 2009-02-19
- Inside an affiliate spam program for pharmaceuticals
- Bargaining with your health doesn't just mean you're heading for a shorter life expectancy, but also, increases the chances that you will either get scammed in the process, or have to pay more in the long-term while dealing with the health issues arising from using expired pharmaceutical with unverifiable origins,...
- Tags: Program, Pharmaceutical Company, Pharmacy, Affiliates, Wire Cost, MarkMonitor, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- NEW! - Nursing Central (Mobile)
- Nursing Central PDA, Web, & Wireless -- for one price! Nursing Central is the complete mobile solution for nursing. Look up detailed information written by and for nurses on diseases, tests, and procedures. Consult the comprehensive database of 4,600 drugs or refer to more than 56,000 dictionary terms whenever you...
- Tags: Web, Mobile, Nurse, Wireless, Unbound Medicine, Nursing Central, Davis', Taber', Unbound', PDAs, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-10-17
- Why "better" often doesn't sell
- Why "better" often doesn't sellGeneralizationsWhen it comes to marketing there are lots of strange things:1. Better may sell but it may not make profits.2. "Better" is in the eye of the beholder3. Better but sacrifices business plan.At the core I think sometimes companies get so involved with...
- Tags: Murph, Microsoft Corp., PC Products, End Users
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- Can your insurance force you out of the country?
- Can your insurance force you out of the country?Will they include airfare and a guarantee?Most people have found good doctors they have a rapport with. If computer systems can't be dealt with by words printed on a cue card, human medicine is going to be a thousandfold more complex...
- Tags: Government, Financial Planning, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, insurance, Socialized Medicine
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Burden of uninsured now closing non-profit hospitals
- Burden of uninsured now closing non-profit hospitalsYou mean spread the deaths out evenly?from what I see, you are saying that those who wish to work hard should have the same substandard healthcare as those that do not wish to work at all? Strange indeedRE: Burden of uninsured now closing non-profit...
- Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Taxes, health care, non-profit hospital, hospital, insurance, tax, government
- Discussion threads 2008-04-03
- News to know: HTC Shift; Airport firmware; Microsoft mesh; Novell; VoIP
- Notable headlines: David Morgenstern: Apple's security update breaks printer drivers, Instant Hijack component Airport firmware update enables AirDisk backups Mary Jo Foley: Whatever happened to Microsoft's 'other' mesh projects? Paula Rooney: Novell's SUSE Linux 11 to come in...
- Tags: Google Inc., Novell Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Firmware, E-mail, Telephony, Hd Dvd, Printers, Productivity, VOIP, Open Source, Online Communications, Networking, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Peripherals, Telecommunications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- Tap Water: Solution to Dirty Hands, High Drug Prices and Political Correctness
- Back in high school chemistry I was taught that water is the "universal solvent." Now it seems to be the universal solution. Tap water is now the easiest way to political correctness. Long ago I blogged here about the pending demise of bottled water and its plastic...
- Tags: Beverage, London, Seattle, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Time to regulate drug prices?
- Time to regulate drug prices?Some time ....ago I read an interesting article that gave the facts on this.I stated:The people in the US PAY the MOST for drugs effectively underwriting the cost of the R&D and obscene profits for ALL global drug manufactures. While In the rest of the world,...
- Tags: Research & Development, Branding, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Benefits, R&D
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- Time to regulate drug prices?
- A new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation, USA Today, and Harvard shows that most Americans now want drug prices regulated This is their chief concern with the industry. Safety and advertising are less important. The study's summary PDFÂ shows people are having a tougher...
- Tags: Compound, Dana Blankenhorn, Genentech Inc., Management, Risks, Strategy
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Prevention killing the health care system
- Prevention killing the health care systemPrevention costsThe one change that would have a dramatic impact in lowering health care costs would be to outlaw malpractice cases against hospitals, doctors and drug companies. As an example OBs spend 15-30K per month for insurance.Second, streamline drug development pipelines. five to ten years...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Food & Beverage, health care, health care system
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- The red wine cure, now in a pill
- The red wine cure, now in a pillYes, Chianti please....glasses klinking..salute!ntRE: The red wine cure, now in a pillI am not sure about red wine but a friend of mine told me that he had started taking resveratrol based on a doctors suggestion about six weeks ago. My friend was...
- Tags: Resveratrol, red wine, wine, pill
- Discussion threads 2007-11-30
- The effect of exchange rates on out-sourcing
- The effect of exchange rates on out-sourcingToo complex once againThe real thing driving out-sourcing is the appalling low wages paid in other countries. The difference is so great that minor exchange rate changes have minimal effect.But glad to see you are getting outside your comfort zone Rudy.Stampede !Hi,Oil prices...
- Tags: Free trade, Oil Prices, out-Sourcing, exchange rate
- Discussion threads 2007-11-22
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