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Posted on May 23, 2011 by Jill Raney
In many way, Ana Leticia is no different than other moms — she works hard to provide for her daughters Andrea and Raquel and dreams of one day being able to send them to college.
Posted on May 23, 2011 by Laurie Couch
As the national debate on how to fix healthcare rages on, SEIU Local 1 today is releasing compelling data from the Houston Service Workers Clinic that show the power of a personal physician to help workers stay healthy and contain medical costs.
“It’s important for people to have access to a doctor before an illness gets worse,” says Elena Marks, Director of Health and Environmental Policy for the City of Houston. “If there is no access to care in the early stages of a sickness, then people wind up in emergency rooms or hospitals. That’s just not an efficient way to deliver medical care.”
SEIU has conducted a utilization review of the first five months of the clinic’s operation, February 1 to June 30, 2009. A comparison of clinic data to nationwide utilization data provided by a national health insurer CIGNA shows that personalized care, preventive medicine, early detection of disease, and reduced bureaucracy improve health outcomes and reduce medical costs. (more…)
