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Romney’s Medicare Plan Raises Cost Questions

Posted on 10/5/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsBy Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney’s Medicare plan won’t try to control costs by limiting the payments that future retirees would use to buy private health insurance, aides say. Budget experts are questioning how the Republican candidate will be able to get savings without caps. Reining in costs is vital to keeping Medicare affordable, and in their plans both President Barack Obama and Romney’s running mate, Paul Ryan, set limits on the growth of …

Should Doctors Be ‘Parsimonious’ With Your Health Care?

Posted on 01/4/2012 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthEndless experts have told us that health care costs keep increasing and that the country needs to do something to hold them in check, but is being “parsimonious” with health care decisions really the best, ethical solution? A major medical group thinks so. The new ethics manual for the American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends that doctors practice “parsimonious care” — in other words,  they should consider both cost and medical benefit when deciding how to treat their patients. The ACP, …