Mitch's Blog

I’ve mentioned before that I’m on the board of an organization called Arise, Inc. It works with disabled people to help them live independently, and offers so many services that I can’t do them justice, so I’ll just ask you to follow the link to their site. I’m actually the finance committee chairman, and I’ll […]

A couple of days ago, I presented for the first hour of a meeting for the Mid York Medical Accounts Management Association, of which I’m a board member and 2-time president. Once I was finished, our second presenter, from the New York State Insurance Department, and was going to talk about no fault billing. About […]

This weekend, there was an outrage on Twitter concerning a columnist named Amy Dickerson. She writes an advice column for the Chicago Tribune which is syndicated across the country. In one of her columns, she responded to a question from a young woman at a college who, based on her story, was obviously raped. She […]

I had a nice day yesterday. Some good things happened that are always pleasant, but it all started in one place. I had an early morning meeting, and I’m not normally a morning person. I was also hungry, which doesn’t bode well, and I didn’t have time to eat before I left the house. I […]

Strange as it sounds, it seems that there’s a difference in outcome for visitors to the emergency room based on whether a person has insurance or not. A study by Harvard University showed that uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in […]