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Category Archive for 'Insurance'

Why Drugs Are So Expensive

Posted in Insurance, Medicine, Techno Thoughts on Oct 11th, 2007

Today, Wyeth pharmaceuticals was hit with a $134.5 million judgement in a case over its hormone replacement therapies for menopausal women. That wasn't a judgement that pays for a large group of women in a class action suit. It was for three women. And it's still not all. The jury still [...]

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Babies, Birth, and Health Insurance

Posted in Dangerous Thoughts, Insurance, Medicine, Politics & Religion on Jan 17th, 2007

Last year, I created Doctor Tricks to tell the tale of how I got bit for extra money at a hospital. Thing was, though the hospital was a preferred provider on my medical insurance, none of the emergency room doctors were. I ended up getting bit for an extra $153.50 for the ER [...]

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