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David Goldhill wrote an article for the The Atlantic titled “How American Healthcare Killed my Father”. In the article, he uses his father’s death from infection in a NY hospital to discuss healthcare reform and consumerism. David is a self-professed Democrat but he is concerned about reform’s effort to disassociate consumerism from the healthcare service [...]
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The most recent healthcare article on CNN announces dramatic increases in employee healthcare costs this year: http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/19/news/economy/healthcare_openenrollment_changes/index.htm.
While no-one wants to see healthcare costs continuing to increase, you can prepare and protect yourself against these changes when you use Compass as your guide. We are only the only service with the market intelligence and [...]
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The recent health reform legislation will continue to alter the landscape of an already dynamic healthcare system. While companies face the regulatory compliance challenges that the legislation brings, it is important that they do not take their eye off of three major healthcare trends:
(1) Costs will continue to rise
(2) Quality will continue to be [...]
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Compass Chief Medical Officer, Eric Bricker, MD was recently interviewed for an article on Insure.com on how patients can talk to their doctor about medical costs. Go here to read the article and learn how to talk to doctors about lower cost medications, tests and procedures: http://www.insure.com/articles/healthinsurance/etiquette-of-asking-for-price-breaks-and-free-drugs.html

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A recent article in the New York Times (http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/bringing-comparison-shopping-to-the-doctors-office/?scp=1&sq=castlight,%20price-transparency&st=csedescribes) describes how Castlight Health has raised over $80 million to create a healthcare price-transparency solution for employers and individuals. 
Compass has been providing a healthcare price-transparency solution to employers for three years.  Castlight’s fundraising further supports the Compass value proposition.
Compass’ 120+ employer clients in 46 states are actively using Compass [...]
never miss a day, thanks for the blog

The government has been on a bit of a roll lately to reduce exposure to fluoride. It recently proposed reducing fluoride in water because studies suggest kids who get too much fluoride risk stained and pitted teeth.
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A second article in a series on medical research that fanned fears about a link between autism and measles vaccine lays out evidence that business interests influenced the work.
and i though i was the only one to see it this way

Two studies bring new evidence to the long-running debate on whether antibiotics work for children’s ear infections. But experts say doctors should be sure the child really is suffering from an ear infection before writing a prescription.
great news thought i would never see this.

Federal health officials estimate nearly 1 in 12 Americans, or 25 million people have the respiratory disorder. Asthma prevalence is up a little in recent years, but severe attacks have held pretty steady.
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A powerful new test screens parents’ DNA for hundreds of genes that are linked to inherited childhood diseases. The test, which costs less than $400, would let parents know if they both carry genetic mutations that could put a future child at risk.
maybe this will change things