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Americans Think Their Health Care Is Fine, But

WebNational Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Harvard University’s T. H. Chan School of Public Health have released findings of a February …

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Cell Phones vs. Health Care : Health Policy Blog

WebIn health care we are told that technology is causing increasing costs. In the cell phone industry, the opposite is true. As Matt Ridley observes: An iPhone, for …

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Health Spending & Prices to Rise Through 2025 : Health Policy Blog

WebActuaries at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a government agency, have just updated their estimate of future health spending:. For 2018 and beyond, both Medicare …

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Health Policy Blog

WebDallas-based think tank, NCPA, closes its doors after 34 years. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Contact: Reagan Stewart at 214-891-3340 or …

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A ‘Free Health Clinic’ for Montana State Employees

WebAt most employee health clinics, physician visits are either free or involve no cost-sharing. Montana employees aren’t required to use the clinic; they can continue to …

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CPI: Health Insurance Premiums Jump Amid General Deflation

WebJohn, here is an example this morning on employer-based health insurance terminating their cancer patients. This is a nurse who gets cancer: —I was diagnosed …

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Power to the Physicians, Not the Hospitals : Health Policy Blog

WebHospitals are buying physician practices in large numbers. There’s nothing inherently wrong with integrated health care delivery systems. But unless integrated …

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Competition in Health Insurance: What Should Government Do

WebThe part about Obamacare that I like is the creation of coops – 501(c)(29)s. In order for a not-for profit to fully earn its tax-exempt status, it has to set itself apart from …

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Health Insurance Monopoly : Health Policy Blog

WebThe single most important feature of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) is the establishment of a health insurance exchange where people will be required to buy …

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Martin Feldstein’s Health Plan : Health Policy Blog

WebMarty Feldstein has a health care reform idea that is so simple, so elegant, and so easy to understand, one wonders what Max Baucus and his Senate Finance …

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Access vs. Coverage : Health Policy Blog

WebSecond, enrollment in Medicaid is only marginally better than being uninsured, a finding that is consistent with the observation that more than 10 million eligibles don't …

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Q & A on State Health Reform : Health Policy Blog

WebEveryone agrees. Republicans and Democrats. Conservative and liberals. Newt and Hillary. Government should force doctors and hospitals to clean up their act by: adopting …

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Philosophies of Medical Care : Health Policy Blog

WebSlow medicine is a philosophy and set of practices that believes in a conservative medical approach to both acute and chronic care… practices that sharply …

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Health Construction Shrinks Twice As Fast As Other Construction …

WebThe see-saw in health facilities construction continues. Health construction starts dropped 1.4 percent in June, versus a drop of 0.6 percent for other construction (Table I).

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Hong Kong’s Health Care System Is Number One

WebBasically in Hong Kong people can “purchase” public health care for very nominal fees, but potentially lengthy waits. For example, the average wait to see a …

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Government and the Private Sector: The Case of eHealth, Inc. : …

WebFor years now, Wall Street has cheered as Obamacare fuelled the stock prices of corporations in the healthcare industry. One of them was eHealth, Inc., a private health …

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Quality Competition : Health Policy Blog

WebVery good. This is the first piece I have read explaining the economics of quality competition in health care. Everyone else seems to divorce the issue of quality …

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Health Insurance for $100 a Month : Health Policy Blog

WebHealth Insurance for $100 a Month. By John Goodman Filed under Health Insurance on May 28, 2009 with 5 comments. That's all it will cost a healthy, 35-year-old …

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