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Weight Loss Goddess Healthiest Way to Lose Weight. "Low Glycemic Diet!"

The benefits of a low glycemic index diet, healthier skin, lowering blood pressure, lesser food cravings and most important of them all, Losing weight the healthiest way!

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Added by Weight Loss Goddess on June 30, 2010 at 2:41pm — No Comments

physyko.net Issues with Health Care Reform

April 16, 2010

I was having an exchange with a physician friend. He argued that advocating repeal of the ObamaCare law is a bad strategy. He thought there were some good things in it that should be preserved. He wrote, "So a more realistic pragmatic approach is needed or the opponents will simply be painted as being ANTI - Health Care Reform. Repeal isn't happening, and top Republicans are

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physyko.net SIMPLE Cafeteria Plans Available In 2011; Owners Can Only Be Covered In C Corporations

The health reform law includes a provision creating “simple cafeteria plans” for small businesses, effective for years beginning in 2011. Simple cafeteria plans will be treated as meeting nondiscrimination requirements applicable to cafeteria plans if they meet minimum eligibility, participation, and contribution requirements. This safe harbor covers the regular cafeteria plan nondiscrimination requirement of section 125(b), the 25% concentration test, and the nondiscrimination requirements of 7… Continue

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physyko.net Health Care Reform impact on medium and large Businesses

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physyko.net Kaiser Health Care Reform Summary

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physyko.net Health Care Reform Act - At a Glance

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physyko.net Health Care Reform – What are Key Considerations for Employers?

Health Care Reform – What are Key Considerations for Employers?

After more than a year of debate over reforming our nation's health care system, on March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Enactment of a package of amendments to this legislation through a separate bill, the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, is expected later… Continue

Added by physyko.net on March 29, 2010 at 5:59pm — No Comments

physyko.net Let the Games Begin - Health Care Reconciliation

Coburn Amendments Aim to Put Democrats in a Pickle

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Added by physyko.net on March 23, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

physyko.net Building a National Health Care Exchange - Lessons from the past

Health Insurance Exchanges are entities where people can go to select a health plan from a broad range of offerings.

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Building a National Health Care Insurance Exchange - Lessons from California

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Added by physyko.net on March 23, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

physyko.net A Remnant of Health Care Reform

Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate and the author, most recently, of “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!”


The health insurance legislation is a major political symbol wrapped around a shredded substance. It does not provide coverage that is universal, comprehensive or affordable. It is a remnant even of its own initially compromised self — bereft of any public option, any safeguard for states desiring a single payer approach, any adequate antitrust

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Added by physyko.net on March 22, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

physyko.net Winter 2010 Forum - Would it Kill You to Plan for your Death?

Winter 2010 Forum will focus on a topic that receives scant attention in our society - how to plan a good death for yourself and those you love. With a panel of local experts, we will explore the medical, legal and spiritual decisions that can make passing on easier for everyone concerned. Our goal is to give you the information you need to make informed end-of-life decisions and communicate them clearly to your family. A Painless way to Approach the Inevitable
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Added by physyko.net on February 17, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

physyko.net How To Make Better Decisions For Your Health

Every day, we make dozens of decisions without thinking about them: what to feed the kids, how fast to drive to work, whether to hit the snooze bar. We make most of these decisions without a second thought. We go with our gut.


For other decisions, though, we have to pause, consider our options, and bring our best judgment to bear. This can be uneasy territory -- and it can get especially fraught with decisions about our health, when we often lack a strategy for weighing all the i

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physyko.net Single Payer Solution for Obama

by MN Senator John Marty "If anyone...has a better approach that will bring down premiums, bring down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors, and stop insurance company abuses, let me know."
-- President Obama, State of the Union 
January 27, 2010 An open letter in response to President Obama's State of the Union request for a better approach to health care reform: Dear President Obama, During your State of the Union address, you explained why you are fighting for… Continue

Added by physyko.net on February 2, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

physyko.net California Democrats Revive Universal Health Plan

SAN FRANCISCO — Democrats in California revived a bill on Thursday that would create a single-payer, universal health care system in the state. While the move came as questions arose over the prospects of Congress adopting national health care legislation, the author of the California bill, State Senator Mark Leno, said that the timing was coincidental. Mr. Leno said it was basically a long-planned reintroduction of a 2009 proposal that was effectively tabled because of its potential cost. But… Continue

Added by physyko.net on January 30, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

physyko.net Health care the day after - now what?

Everyone knows what happened last night in Massachusetts. Rather than spend time commenting on that, this post will focus on what it means for health reform. There are five remaining options for health reform to pass: 1 Ram it through. This would require the Senate and House negotiators to finish negotiations to merge their bills (which have been going on for months), as soon as possible. They would then need to send the merged bill to the Congressional Budget Office, who would take 5-1… Continue

Added by physyko.net on January 20, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

physyko.net Health Care Bill Defeat Could Be Kennedy's Last Legacy

By Benjamin Domenech For decades the loudest and most influential U.S. Senate voice in favor of nationalized, government-run health care was the late Edward M. Kennedy. Now Kennedy's final political decision carries ramifications no one could have expected: the future of the nation's health care system. As Kennedy's health deteriorated a year ago, political insiders speculated he would retire and make way for a chosen heir while his party was riding high and a special election victory seemed a… Continue

Added by physyko.net on January 19, 2010 at 11:45am — No Comments

physyko.net The Senate Musters 60 Votes, Now What?

By Stephen Jenkins, Vice President, Sg2 A health reform bill has won the support of 60 Senators and now appears headed for a successful floor vote before Christmas. One big hurdle remains: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi must now assemble a conference committee that can meld 2 significantly different bills… Continue

Added by physyko.net on December 21, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

physyko.net If Senators remove the choice of a public option, they can't force Americans to buy health insurance.

I'll get straight to the point. If Democrats remove the choice of a public option, they can't force Americans to buy health insurance. Here's the deal, Senate leaders are all over Washington claiming they finally have a healthcare reform bill they can pass, as long as they remove the public option. After all, they say, even without a public option, the bill still "covers 30 million more Americans." The problem is that's not really true. What they are actually talking about is something called… Continue

Added by physyko.net on December 16, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

physyko.net The Truth About Tamiflu

Two months ago, we pointed out in our story on flu in The Atlantic that the antiviral drug Tamiflu might not be as effective or safe as many patients, doctors, and governments think. The drug has been widely prescribed since the first cases of H1N1 flu surfaced last spring, and the U.S. government has spent more than $1.5 billion stockpiling it since 2005 as part of the nation’s pandemic preparedness plan. Now it looks as if our concerns were correct, and the nation may have put more than a bil… Continue

Added by physyko.net on December 11, 2009 at 12:07pm — No Comments

physyko.net Emergency Vigils for healthcare reform - please find your local office and participate

Big Insurance must be giddy right now—news from Washington is that conservatives could be days away from gutting the Senate health care bill's public option.1 But this would mean disaster for real reform, and for the millions of us who want and need it. We can't let that happen. So today, in 48 states and D.C., we're holding emergency vigils for health care reform—and we need as many people as possible to turn out to send Congress a clear message: we can't afford to wait for real reform with a… Continue

Added by physyko.net on December 8, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

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