State:: Washington

Occupation:: Pharmacy Technician

I work in a large hospital Level II trauma center and see daily the awful care Americans receive. We never have enough staff on the weekends since management seems to think that hospital operates on a Monday…

State:: Florida

Occupation:: Psychiatrist

I have practiced psychiatry for more than 40 years and during that time I have cared for numerous patients covered by Medicare. I am now covered by Medicare myself. About two years ago my secretary discovered that all…

State:: Kentucky

Occupation:: Medical Student

I will be in over $160,000 worth of debt from medical school alone… not including college debt. I will have put in an average of 10 hours of work every day (including weekends) for 4 years. I…

State:: Tennessee

Occupation:: Registered Nurse

I grew up in a 2 bedroom home, we always had elderly and/or ill individuals to care for and did a good job of caring for them. I have been a nurse for over 30 year and…

Occupation: M.D.
I believe that the biggest problem in healthcare today is that primary care physicians are being paid only to triage the patient to a specialist, when in fact family physicians and internists can treat 80% of those problems without a…

State:: Texas

Occupation:: Nurse, Quality, Utilization Review

I came across this web-site while looking into resources for people to prevent or resolve health care problems. I have worked in a variety of healthcare services (home health, hospice, correctional institutions, and hospitals) since…

Computer charting adversely affects nurses ability to give quality patient care. Software design usually excludes input from those who use it.I have seen systems that took a minimum of 25 minutes to complete per patient. In surgery I have had…

Elderly and disabled patients claim to be unknowingly switched to Medicare replacement plans. They present their Medicare card and we bill Medicare, only to have payment denied. Then we have to track down the correct replacement plan, often times requiring…

Health care professionals genuinely want to care for people. That is why they chose their health career in the first place. The bureaucracy and lunacy of our current health insurance system though is driving practitioners away from their health career…

As a healthcare provider of mental health services, I have decided to no longer accept insurance. Even though billing is easy with online methods, I found that payment was often delayed. With PPO’s, the rate reimbursed often changed month by…