Health Talks with Tom Farmer

Are you one of the millions of people whose deductible is so high you can't use your insurance? Is the doctor you want not In your network? Find a solution here. Leave your comments at www.healora.com/healthtalks

What are the opportunities for physicians with DirectPay networks? How is that good for patients? Leave your comments at www.healora.com/healthtalks

How do you compare when you are facing a surgical procedure? What choices do you have? How do you choose? Share your opinion/experience on www.healora.com/healthtalks 

Hospitals are billing at exponential multiples of Medicare costs. How do we get around it and how do we find out the costs before we go? Leave your comments at www.healora.com/healthtalks

Triathlete or chain smoking alcoholic - find out how it effects your rates and your surgery outcomes. Leave your comments at www.healora.com/healthtalks

What are copays and coinsurance, and out-of-pocket maximums? Let us decipher your healthcare bill’s components. Other questions? www.healora.com/healthtalks

How do aging population and exploding bureaucracy effect doctors?  Let us know what you think on www.healora.com/healthtalks

Find out the two main areas where Healthcare is seeing change: Perioperative and tech. Leave your comments at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

The infection rate in hospital is just under 1%? Did you also know that is 10 times higher than the rate in Surgery Centers? Leave your comments at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

Imagine a car company building only one type of car with a very limited number of options. Think now, how perfect could be this car be? Will this work for healthcare? Let us know on www.healora.com/healthtalks

Brian MacMahon, founder of the Expert Dojo, joins us to talk about how technology is impacting healthcare innovation, costs and delivery. Leave your comments at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

This looks at the business of healthcare. How can these two work together for all of us? Share your opinion at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

Hard to do with medical procedures. Why? Because there is no transparency. No one knows how much medical procedures cost. How do you compare? Share your thoughts at: www.healora.com/healthtalks  

What is really going on with your company and health benefits? Why so many components with your insurance? Your company wants to provide value and they want you to share in the risk. Let us know how much risk you want to take at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

Doesn’t feel like your doctor cares? Do insurance companies limit doctor consultation times? What percentage of time do doctors spend on administrative tasks? The average time spent with a patient in Los Angeles is about 7-1/2 minutes. Share the time you spent with the doctor in your last visit at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

Obamacare. Is it helping the people it most wanted to target? Let us know at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

How Medicare pricing works in the system. Leave your questions at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

Healthcare price regulation has consequences: hear about the Iron Triangle of Healthcare. Give us your opinion at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

First, this is a philosophical question. The answer is no, healthcare cannot be a natural or human right. Find out why. Share your thoughts at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

Are you an employee getting health benefits from your company? Does it matter if your company is self-funded? You might have a card with an insurance company name. Want to know how it works? Ask your questions at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

Last year the United States spent $3.2 trillion on healthcare. Guess what percentage went to doctor pay? The answer is 4%. That includes all spending including medication, and, still it shows that doctors are not the ones driving this rise in healthcare costs. Let's explore! www.healora.com/healthtalks

Did you know? 1 in 3 Americans are putting off medical procedures because of cost (Gallup). That means someone you know or work with is likely worried, suffering or both because they can't afford a needed procedure. Ask questions and share the information so together we can make healthcare more affordable for everyone: www.healora.com/healthtalks

If we can all agree on something about Healthcare, it's that it is a mess. Health Talks brings an understanding of Healthcare, speaks about ways to remove costs and get more with greater transparency. It is about sharing awareness of healthcare information, issues and solutions. Tom Farmer answers your questions: www.healora.com/healthtalks