Give the Gift of Health Care?
December 24, 2007
Looking for those last minute holiday gifts? For years, gift certificates have been growing in popularity in the holiday season as people overburdened by work and family choose the presents path of least resistance. Well now the gift card option has entered new realms - if you live in Pennsylvania, that is. One of the state’s largest health insurers, Pittsburgh-based Highmark, is offering the nation’s first “Healthcare Gift Card” to encourage loved ones to visit their doctor or finally fill that pesky prescripton.
Mother at Age 8
November 13, 2007
They say it takes a village to raise a child, and there may be no better example of this than when a parent falls ill. As of 2005, nearly one and a half million U.S. children ages 8 to 18 care for a chronically ill or disabled relative. Their duties range from keeping the sick person company to taking on household responsibilities and medical care like changing feeding tubes or adult diapers. The effects of caregiving on our nation’s youth are seen in this story of a teenager helping her mother deal with Multiple Sclerosis. This family painfully demonstrates a gaping hole in US health care.
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