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Every consumer must know about the healthcare plan he chooses, the hospital he decides to go to and the medical practitioner he would receive treatment from in order to make the wisest choice based on their own needs and requirements. With lack of critical information such as patients' comments and surgical procedures undertaken by individuals, this data is still slightly primitive. While a wealth of information is available on around 4,000 hospitals around the country on Federal Department of Health and Human Services' Web site (hospitalcompare.hhs.gov), still there is a serious dearth of information on individual doctors. This gap must be filled in order to help consumers make the right choice. Similarly there is less information on pricing as well that tends to make research almost half-productive.
Access to information is a constitutional right of all citizens and the fact that...
It is a person's health we are talking about. Shouldn't he/she have the right to make the most appropriate decision based on his needs? We must also make sure that consumer get access to patient surveys which will help them make the important decisions about their health. The comparative data that insurance companies have made available on their websites is still a commendable effort in the right direction since many people find it helpful. They can make more informed decisions and are less likely to regret choosing a hospital if they had had all the information available to them. It must be borne in mind that access to information is everyone's right and it becomes all the more so when that information concerns one's health and possibly one's life.
CBVH then continues to work with VESID to assess performance on an ongoing basis, participate in on-site reviews, and provide technical assistance or recommend adjustments to contracts as needed. In the near century that these agencies have been in place, they have worked together in their efforts to assist those with disabilities to find employment. The current supported employment delivery system has allowed all eligible individuals with the most significant
Diminishing Middle Class in NYC If we look at the Lower Manhattan, it won't take us long to notice the change that has taken place in it in the last 10 years. The population especially the residential population has doubled up in the last 10 years as there has been an addition of 30,000 residents who are now living in Manhattan. The main reason behind this sudden and huge growth in the
The article speaks about how legal action and settlements for legal cases that involve corporate fraud rarely emanate from individuals. Even though individuals are ultimately the ones who commit the fraud, even if it's in a systematic and organization fashion within the scope of a corporation, individual settlements are rarely come to or negotiated. Rather, the corporation usually pays the legal settlements. This is even true of United States
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Lehman Brothers Failure On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest U.S. investment bank at the time, filed for bankruptcy. At the time of its collapse, Lehman Brothers had $639 billion in assets, and $619 billion in debt, making it the largest bankruptcy filing in history. Lehman's collapse also made it the largest victim of the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis. This paper examines the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the