The average cost of a family health coverage through an employer is nearly $27,000 a year. As the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) phrased it: a new car vs. health insurance? It’s pretty difficult these days to find new car models selling for $27,000 but the point is still a good one.
Author: Devon Herrick
KFF: Does it Matter if You Die Alone?
My father died surrounded by his family, in a hospital critical care unit. We held his hands as a hospital chaplain sang a hymn. His death was peaceful. My wife’s mother was also with a loved one – her oldest daughter – when she passed. Her death was not planned; it just happened while my…
Uptick in Doctors Leaving Clinical Practice
There will likely be an exodus of physicians in the next few years as older physicians grow weary of the health care bureaucracy and decide it is time to retire. Replacing them will be difficult.
Study: Father’s Heavy Drinking Negatively Affects Wives and Children
Occasionally, a study comes out that makes you wonder how the researchers got it funded. A new study out of La Trobe University was apparently authored by Captain Obvious. The Earthshattering finding? Alcoholism by husbands and fathers negatively affects their wives and children.