Media Reel 2/2017

We want to bring in Dr. Tiffany Di Pietro. She's an internist, board-certified cardiologist, and women's health expert. These patients typically do have more risk factors to begin with. What we know is that it's just an increased amount of stress over the holiday season. Is this, you know, the biggest lie of 2013? Now you can keep your health insurance and you can keep your doctor, but I couldn't keep my patients. It's like a bad rerun of Jerry Maguire. Where are my patients? My patients have disappeared from me because they can't either afford their plan or I can't get on their plan as a practitioner of whatever insurance plan they have. That has to do with how long it takes the virus to really show itself. So you could have the virus and not even be having symptoms. People's deductibles and their out-of-pocket costs are through the roof. And the problem is, is most private practitioners like myself, we collect this money up front. We don't send them bills. After the first vaccine, there's about a 78% effectiveness of the vaccine. I think it's multifaceted because what we know is there's been a parallel increase in prescription drug deaths. First of all, I have to jump through 25 hoops of fire and a leotard to try and get them approved by these insurances. And then once they are approved and they have to go towards a deductible, you're looking at upwards of $1,200 for nuclear stress tests. It's unbelievable. Now, because there's no rules and regulations on having a preexisting condition, he jumps into the exchange. Sure. And then all of the prices go up for everyone because now we're accounting for all these people who are jumping in at the last minute. But what it really boils down to is it's your gut feeling. If something's not right, Call 911 and go to the hospital. Right. Because time is heart.