Male Enhancement
Cosmetic surgery offers confidence — at a cost
Last fall, for the first time in his life, Nicolas Ridout, 58, removed his shirt in front of strangers and went for a swim. This was not the first time a t-shirt had marked a personal milestone.
Up in Smoke
The fate of the marijuana industry
In the past few months, Sacramento County’s burgeoning medical marijuana industry has been slashed by two-thirds. Federal and local officials are slapping landlords with fines and criminal charges if they lease or rent to such establishments. In August, Sacramento County was home to 99 medical marijuana dispensaries. By November, more than 63 had closed.
Judgment Day
The fate of federal healthcare
From the moment President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act in March of 2010, observers predicted the law’s fate would ultimately be determined by the Supreme Court. Now, almost two years later, the court is indeed preparing final arbitration of the most sweeping and controversial health law in a generation.
Exchange Policy
Navigating the insurance marketplace
For most business people, a market-based solution to providing health care coverage to uninsured Americans is a no-brainer.
Fate Expectatons
Life expectancy rates for women are declining in some communities
Women in some parts of the United States are dying younger than they did a generation ago.
The ABCs of the ACA
As health care administrators around the country prepare to implement the Affordable Care Act, educators are also tasked with preparing the next generation of managers — for the unknown.
No one knows yet just how health care reform is going to change the daily routine for practitioners and administrators, but all agree that business decisions, from purchasing supplies to the cost of follow-up care, are going to look different.
So long, solo?
A private practitioner considers her fate
If current trends continue, solo medical practitioners could go the way of the dinosaurs.
In Sickness and in Health
Medical insurance is available, but are the doctors?
Under the federal Affordable Care Act, all but a small number of Americans soon will be required to have health insurance. But having insurance is one thing; getting the medical care it is intended to cover may be entirely another.
Reformation Nation
The pros, cons and political climate of federal health care reform
In a nation full of hot-button issues, few are as torrid as federal health care reform. More than a year and a half since its passage, the law — officially dubbed the Affordable Care Act but derisively called “Obamacare” by its critics — is still being fought in the courts, Congress and statehouses across the country. But for all the political and legal wrangling, the law is marching forward.
Road to Recovery
Monitoring care during medical changeovers
When Dr. Gerald Rogan’s mother was hospitalized after contracting an infection at an assisted-living facility, he learned firsthand that family advocacy is key.