If you ask residents of quite prosperous countries whether they are satisfied with their medicine, there can be an unexpectedly large number of negative answers. Foreigners are tormented by formalities, long queues and high cost of insurance: for example, in the USA patients are treated “without a soul”, and in Israel they have to wait for an operation...
I couldn't use both arms for about three weeks, and any movement of my right shoulder - when getting dressed, sleeping, trying to work on the computer, etc. - caused severe pain. It turned out that I had a partial tear of the cartilage and cuff of the shoulder, severe...
Although the general standard of living in the United States is quite high, there are also “eternal” problems here, the main of which is medicine. Few things scare the average American more than a serious illness and the need for extensive treatment. The country has a system incredible in its absurdity ...
There is no magic bullet that will reduce your medical costs. But by using a combination of simple steps, you can save big. MoneyTalksNews writes about this. The healthcare industry in the United States is a complex system. Insurance is virtually unaffordable, medical bills are indecipherable, and often...
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Medicare and Medicaid Service Centers report US health care spending in 2017 was $ 3,5 trillion, up 3,9% from 2016. But this increase in costs does not necessarily result in ...
An elderly couple from Washington State were found dead on August 7. According to police, the cause was murder-suicide. During the investigation, law enforcement officers found records indicating that the couple could not pay huge medical bills, which was the reason for the incident, writes 7 ...
On average, one out of every six US emergency department clients receives a “surprise” medical bill following treatment, according to a new study. The chances of facing this vary from region to region, writes ABC News. The Kaiser Family Foundation report states that ...
In America, if you are sick, have a cold or have a headache, the first thing you do is take a Tylenol tablet (paracetamol). They are in every home medicine cabinet. One “but”: the bottle of pills is difficult to open! Anyone who has ever tried to open Tylenol understands what I’m talking about.…
When teacher Chris Gordon woke up with a tennis ball-sized bump on his elbow, he immediately went to see a doctor. At first he was told that he may have cellulite-phlegmon (acute diffuse purulent inflammation) of the subcutaneous fat. Since this is not a serious disease, ...
In July 2018, Oakley Yoder and the other kids were camping at Jackson Falls in Illinois. When the group approached a pile of boulders blocking the road, Oakley, then 9 years old, did not see the hiding snake, and she bit the girl for ...