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	<title>Every Patient&#039;s Advocate &#187; Health Insurance</title>
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		<title>True Confessions &#8211; My Take on Health Care Reform</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/04/04/true-confessions-my-take-on-health-care-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Follow the Money]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we watched (or more likely heard summaries during newscasts of) the Supreme Court&#8217;s (SCOTUS Supreme Court of the United States) hearings on American healthcare reform (AKA The ACA, Affordable Care Act.)  For those of us engaged in health-related issues every day, it was fascinating to watch the transition, and the voices of pundits, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2012 Elections and the Issue of Healthcare Reform</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/01/19/2012-elections-issue-healthcare-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard January 17, 2012 During both the 2008 and 2010 elections, the issue of reforming the American healthcare system was the focus of overwhelming amounts of misinformation and disinformation. Remember the email about Senior Death Panels?  It explained that the healthcare reform bill would allow Medicare to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthy Travel Tips for the Holidays</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/11/23/healthy-travel-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Intuition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medical Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Errors / Mistakes / Misdiagnosis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard November 22, 2011 ……………………………….. You may be among the millions of Americans who will travel during the upcoming holidays. Travel takes you out of your normal environment and disturbs your routine. If you have health issues, like a chronic disease, an injury, or even a short-term [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Really Save Money With a High Deductible Health Insurance Plan?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/11/10/can-you-really-save-money-with-a-high-deductible-health-insurance-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/11/10/can-you-really-save-money-with-a-high-deductible-health-insurance-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Follow the Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health /Medical Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patient Empowerment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard November 8, 2011 ……………………………….. Last column we looked at Medicare Open Enrollment and how Medicare recipients can find great resources for helping them choose which health plan is right for them. Unfortunately, the rest of us, those who are under age 65 and face Open Enrollment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Open Enrollment – Time to Figure It Out</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/10/27/medicare-open-enrollment-%e2%80%93-time-to-figure-it-out/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/10/27/medicare-open-enrollment-%e2%80%93-time-to-figure-it-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health /Medical Consumerism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard October 25, 2011 ……………………………….. If you’ve watched TV, read the newspaper, or logged on to any health-related website recently, then you may already know that it’s Medicare Open Enrollment time. Open Enrollment means you have the opportunity to make choices that affect both your access to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Reform: Which Comes First &#8211; Lives or Money?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/07/29/healthcare-reform-which-comes-first-lives-or-money/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/07/29/healthcare-reform-which-comes-first-lives-or-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Quality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Congress continues to struggle with healthcare reform, I suggest that there is one way to look at it that might make the arguments simpler than they currently are. I see only two points of view. No matter who you are or what your interest in reform is, you fall into one of these categories: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Reform &#8220;Senior Death Warrants&#8221; Email Should Be Put to Death Itself</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/07/09/healthcare-reform-senior-death-warrant-should-be-put-to-death-itself/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/07/09/healthcare-reform-senior-death-warrant-should-be-put-to-death-itself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blamers and Fixers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Commentary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As predicted, the fearmongering, half truths and out-and-out lies about healthcare reform have begun in earnest.  I received an email from a dear and respected friend yesterday and was appalled at the dis-information it contained. So I&#8217;ve decided to share the email with you and show you where it is wrong and why you need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re Looking for You!</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/04/03/were-looking-for-you/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/04/03/were-looking-for-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health /Medical Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Drugs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Paying for healthcare is getting more and more difficult, whether it&#8217;s affording insurance premiums, paying for expensive drug prescriptions or managing without coverage at all.  And there&#8217;s no sign that it will get any easier anytime soon, as we all know too well. I&#8217;ve been contacted by a TV news network to help recruit two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snooping &#8211; Medical Records Access Made Easy</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/12/snooping-medical-records-access-made-easy/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/12/snooping-medical-records-access-made-easy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patient Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privacy and Security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CNN]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=798</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I exchange thoughts with healthcare IT people on a daily basis over at Twitter.  So many of them seem perplexed at why we patients look at putting our medical records on the internet with trepidation. Then along comes this video from Elizabeth Cohen at CNN.  In a matter of minutes, she was able to pull [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Electronic Medical Records and Privacy &#8211; Oil and Water</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/01/22/electronic-medical-records-and-privacy-oil-and-water/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/01/22/electronic-medical-records-and-privacy-oil-and-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guerrilla Patient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=714</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written many times before about electronic medical records, personal health records and privacy.  They can&#8217;t effectively be used in the same sentence unless you bring up oil and water, too.  They just don&#8217;t mix. An incident right here in my office spawned this post.  Twice in the past week, a stranger&#8217;s medical records have [...]]]></description>
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