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What does health reform mean to you?

With President Obama and Congress looking to make major changes to the health care system, most people are wondering if and how these changes will affect them.

Given that approximately 60% of all personal bankruptcies are due to medical bills, it makes sense to be  

With the recession in full gear, and people concerned about their employment, it seems that the last thing that anyone has time to worry about is their health.  Yet if you ask anyone one their number one concern is in losing their job, it ends up being their employee health insurance plan and benefits, for themselves and their families.  Yet with unemployment up to 8.5%, and the number of uninsured predicted to be 45 million, it’s important even more now than ever to plan for your healthcare costs.

First things first:  Go see your doctor. Now.

Whether you know your current medical condition or not, if you have not seen a physician in the last year,  

Recently in the LA Times, columnist David Lazarus writes in “Health Savings Accounts are Ill-advised” multiple reasons why Health Savings Accounts (HSA’s) may not be helpful, and concludes that as an alternative, Medicare should be extended to everyone, using tax dollars to pay for care instead of premiums, deductibles and co-pays.

George Thomas Mathew, MD, MBA has spent the last 20 years in the healthcare field trying to help patients get access to and find affordable care. He is a Yale-trained Internal Medicine Physician, and has worked at General Electric, Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, and WebMD. Dr. Mathew has also contributed to Businessweek’s “MBA Journal” section, and has lectured at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business for their Health Sector Management Program.