Comments on: GE commits $6 billion in new healthymagination launch http://www.gereports.com/ge-commits-6-billion-in-new-healthymagination-launch/ Your source for what's happening at GE. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:52:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sat Mayall http://www.gereports.com/ge-commits-6-billion-in-new-healthymagination-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-126626 Sat Mayall Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:20:59 +0000 http://www.gereports.com/?p=2621#comment-126626 To those who want to reduce their healthcare costs.... which are going up by double digits. Let me tell you my story.... I had a very severe reaction to something (my suspicion is its black ink used everywhere, including news papers.. but not confirmed). My first reaction was to go see my physician. Who did a bunch of tests including some blood tests. When my condition didnt improve, he sent me to a dermatologist. Just before leaving to go for my dermatologist visit, I decided to take my blood test results (which I alwasy get a copy of from the lab... all u have to do is request it thru your doctor). After examining me the doctor, said he will need some blood work done. I showed him the tests that were done only recently. He looked at it and said no blood tests are necessary. my blood test results showed him that he could not give me some of the medicines that he had in mind. I myself acted as a health care system that had the necessary info. This info could have been made available to the dermatologist thru a GOOD healthcare system. now lest look at it what it saved... it saved another blood test.. that would have cost $500 or so. It would have delayed my presciprtion by any where from 1-3 weeks, and saved me another visit to the doctor.. perhaps another $100. Thats at least $600 plus delay and more aggravation. Then I was refered to the University Hospital.. and the whole process was repaeted.. savving another $600+. thats a total of at least $1200. And I am just one patient out of millions who gets tested for things again and again because the new docotor cant get the info they need to make a decision. If 1 million patients avoided just one extra test as mine... thaere would be a saving of $600 Million a year. Just note that blood tests are not that expensive as compared to MRI's and CAT scans and so forth.... AGAIN if we have a GOOD healthcare system in place, we as patients can reduce the cost, and get well faster, becaue the doctor has the info avaialabe to make the right decision quickly. Sorry I got carried away... but it was important.... FYI... my problem started Feb 2007 and now in November 2010 I am looking forward to (hopefully) get rid of it all soon. Thanx and have a great health!! To those who want to reduce their healthcare costs…. which are going up by double digits.

Let me tell you my story…. I had a very severe reaction to something (my suspicion is its black ink used everywhere, including news papers.. but not confirmed). My first reaction was to go see my physician. Who did a bunch of tests including some blood tests. When my condition didnt improve, he sent me to a dermatologist.

Just before leaving to go for my dermatologist visit, I decided to take my blood test results (which I alwasy get a copy of from the lab… all u have to do is request it thru your doctor). After examining me the doctor, said he will need some blood work done. I showed him the tests that were done only recently. He looked at it and said no blood tests are necessary. my blood test results showed him that he could not give me some of the medicines that he had in mind.

I myself acted as a health care system that had the necessary info. This info could have been made available to the dermatologist thru a GOOD healthcare system. now lest look at it what it saved… it saved another blood test.. that would have cost $500 or so. It would have delayed my presciprtion by any where from 1-3 weeks, and saved me another visit to the doctor.. perhaps another $100. Thats at least $600 plus delay and more aggravation.

Then I was refered to the University Hospital.. and the whole process was repaeted.. savving another $600+. thats a total of at least $1200.

And I am just one patient out of millions who gets tested for things again and again because the new docotor cant get the info they need to make a decision.

If 1 million patients avoided just one extra test as mine… thaere would be a saving of $600 Million a year. Just note that blood tests are not that expensive as compared to MRI’s and CAT scans and so forth….

AGAIN if we have a GOOD healthcare system in place, we as patients can reduce the cost, and get well faster, becaue the doctor has the info avaialabe to make the right decision quickly.

Sorry I got carried away… but it was important…. FYI… my problem started Feb 2007 and now in November 2010 I am looking forward to (hopefully) get rid of it all soon.

Thanx and have a great health!!

]]> By: Rosetta Goodwin http://www.gereports.com/ge-commits-6-billion-in-new-healthymagination-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-23735 Rosetta Goodwin Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:03:00 +0000 http://www.gereports.com/?p=2621#comment-23735 This is for Michael, read and get the right information before jumping to conclusion. Don't let the media wrap you up and fool you like they have for years and years. Who do you think have your information now? Who do you think put us in this big hole? This is for Michael, read and get the right information before jumping to conclusion. Don’t let the media wrap you up and fool you like they have for years and years. Who do you think have your information now? Who do you think put us in this big hole?

]]> By: Rosetta Goodwin http://www.gereports.com/ge-commits-6-billion-in-new-healthymagination-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-23733 Rosetta Goodwin Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:50:19 +0000 http://www.gereports.com/?p=2621#comment-23733 Like you and so many others what president Obama has propose will benefit you, unless your rich and don't care about others outside your family. Like you and so many others what president Obama has propose will benefit you, unless your rich and don’t care about others outside your family.

]]> By: Gheorghe Curelet-Balan http://www.gereports.com/ge-commits-6-billion-in-new-healthymagination-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-7987 Gheorghe Curelet-Balan Wed, 13 May 2009 16:37:20 +0000 http://www.gereports.com/?p=2621#comment-7987 Another media healthymagination reverberation. GE's initiative was featured in the second part of this story: <a href="http://healthcare.tmcnet.com/topics/healthcare/articles/55795-ge-spend-3-billion-over-six-years-healthcare.htm" rel="nofollow">http://healthcare.tmcnet.com/topics/healthcare/articles/55795-ge-spend-3-billion-over-six-years-healthcare.htm</a> Another media healthymagination reverberation. GE’s initiative was featured in the second part of this story:
http://healthcare.tmcnet.com/topics/healthcare/articles/55795-ge-spend-3-billion-over-six-years-healthcare.htm

]]> By: michael steenfatt http://www.gereports.com/ge-commits-6-billion-in-new-healthymagination-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-7789 michael steenfatt Sun, 10 May 2009 20:11:34 +0000 http://www.gereports.com/?p=2621#comment-7789 To whom this may concern, I am curious as to if this is part of Obama wanting to nationalize health care. I am opposed to his intentions for health care reform. To take my health records and put them into a national database violates my 4th and 5th amendment rights. If I find this to be the case I will destroy all my GE appliances and various other products and will never buy another. To whom this may concern, I am curious as to if this is part of Obama wanting to nationalize health care. I am opposed to his intentions for health care reform. To take my health records and put them into a national database violates my 4th and 5th amendment rights. If I find this to be the case I will destroy all my GE appliances and various other products and will never buy another.

]]> By: Gheorghe Curelet-Balan http://www.gereports.com/ge-commits-6-billion-in-new-healthymagination-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-7592 Gheorghe Curelet-Balan Thu, 07 May 2009 17:06:26 +0000 http://www.gereports.com/?p=2621#comment-7592 <a href="http://www.healthymagination.com/" rel="nofollow">healthymagination</a>, what a great initiative! From its inception it promises to be as successful as the Ecomagination initiative. healthymagination, what a great initiative! From its inception it promises to be as successful as the Ecomagination initiative.

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