■ First up, from FoIB Bob D:
"In an open letter to America's medical students, Representatives [sic] John Barrasso (R-WY) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) warned of the consequences the health care law will bring to their future practice of medicine. In particular, they chastised the law for interfering with the personal relationship between doctors and patients."
Ya think?
■ Next, HHS Secretary Shecantbeserious has allowed the CMS to publish next year's Medicare premiums and deductibles:
■ And finally, FoIB Holly R tips us to this little life insurance doozy:
"Insurers have long used blood and urine tests to assess people's health — a costly process. Today, however, data-gathering companies have such extensive files on most U.S. consumers—online shopping details ... that some insurers are exploring whether data can reveal nearly as much about a person as a lab analysis of their bodily fluids."
On the one hand, insurers aren't allowed to use genetic testing, but if shopping's in your blood...
"In an open letter to America's medical students, Representatives [sic] John Barrasso (R-WY) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) warned of the consequences the health care law will bring to their future practice of medicine. In particular, they chastised the law for interfering with the personal relationship between doctors and patients."
Ya think?
■ Next, HHS Secretary Shecantbeserious has allowed the CMS to publish next year's Medicare premiums and deductibles:
■ And finally, FoIB Holly R tips us to this little life insurance doozy:"Insurers have long used blood and urine tests to assess people's health — a costly process. Today, however, data-gathering companies have such extensive files on most U.S. consumers—online shopping details ... that some insurers are exploring whether data can reveal nearly as much about a person as a lab analysis of their bodily fluids."
On the one hand, insurers aren't allowed to use genetic testing, but if shopping's in your blood...
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