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Behind the Smiles: Mental Health in South Korea’s High-Pressure Society

Mad in America

For example, insurance data reveals that propofol usage in medical institutions rose 12% in a single year, with only 15% of it being used under national health insurance coverage. During a conversation with Robert Whitaker, I became even more alarmed to learn that this trend is not unique to South Korea. The implication?

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5 reasons to cultivate strategic business partnerships

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When the mandates of the Affordable Care Act hit the marketplace in 2013, for example, insurance brokers nationwide were challenged with delivering additional value to their customers to offset rising healthcare costs for employers. A strategy for success.

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Robert Whitaker Answers Reader Questions on Pharma Marketing and Psychiatric Drugs

Mad in America

For Part 2, we will be covering reader questions on pharmaceutical marketing and issues with psychiatric treatments including psychiatric drugs and electroconvulsive therapy. Was it related to medical insurance or government programs? Society is saying, “Wow, we’re learning so much from brain research.”

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 1, Part 3)

Mad in America

Finally, physicians learned that bed rest was the worst thing that one can do for back pain. Certainly, most physicians would fight against such a policy, as would the health insurance companies, health plan designers, managed care executives, most healthcare consultants and others as well.

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How The Integrated Approach of Virgin Pulse and HealthComp is Changing the Future of Health Equity 

Virgin Pulse Corporate Wellness

Commercially insured high-cost claimants represent nearly a third of all healthcare spending, even though they are only 1.2% of commercial health insurance enrollees. This does not even account for medical and pharmaceutical costs. According to the  American Health Policy Institute , their costs average $122,382 annually – 29.3

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is it weird to stretch at work, is declining a reference call a red flag, and more

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Even though he left on awful terms, I do want to see him do well, learn, and grow from his experience with us. I feel very disgruntled and disrespected and it’s hard to be the only one without insurance, salary, or benefits (besides the younger intern). Would declining a reference call be a red flag to a company?

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Two Decades of PSSD: A Life Stolen by Antidepressants

Mad in America

Once again, a pharmaceutical had altered an essential part of my body. Countless supplements and over 30 different pharmaceuticals, I pretty much tried it all. Maybe you should just learn to live with it. I also got severe genital numbness and anorgasmiaI could barely feel anything down there. I started freaking out.