by Andrew McGuire | Jun 16, 2011 | News
by Shockwave The Affordable Healthcare Act of 2009 was (at best IMHO) a step in the right direction. The final destination? Universal and affordable health care as a right and NOT a privilege (single payer is the ultimate logical consequence, also IMHO). So what are...
by Andrew McGuire | Jun 2, 2011 | News
Why don’t we expand VA health system? Editorial DesMoinesRegister.com, May 29, 2011 The Register recently editorialized that it doesn’t make sense to operate a multi-billion VA health care system that runs parallel to the nation’s vast private health...
by Andrew McGuire | May 23, 2011 | News
Factors Associated With Closures of Emergency Departments in the United States By Renee Y. Hsia, MD, MSc; Arthur L. Kellermann, MD, MPH; Yu-Chu Shen, PhD JAMA, May 18, 2011 Our nationwide analysis of ED closures between 1990 and 2007 identified several risk factors...
by Sylvia Moore | May 17, 2011 | News
Millions of uninsured Americans will get health coverage from the newly implemented Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but simply having insurance isn’t enough. Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein of Physicians For a National Health Program write...
by Andrew McGuire | May 16, 2011 | News
2011 Milliman Medical Index Milliman May 2011 The annual Milliman Medical Index (MMI) measures the total cost of healthcare for a typical family of four covered by a preferred provider plan (PPO). 2011 cost is $19,393 (an increase of $1,319, or 7.3% over 2010) 83.1%...
