by Sylvia Moore | Sep 7, 2011 | News
Can We Have Health Reform Without an Individual Mandate? Yes, It’s Called ‘Medicare for All’ By John Nichols The Nation, August 13, 2011 The individual mandate was always a bad idea. Instead of recognizing that healthcare is a right, the members of...
by Andrew McGuire | Aug 23, 2011 | News
The U.S. Health System in Perspective: A Comparison of Twelve Industrialized Nations By David A. Squires The Commonwealth Fund, July 2011 This analysis concentrated on 2010 OECD health data for Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand,...
by Andrew McGuire | Aug 12, 2011 | News
National Health Spending Projections Through 2020: Economic Recovery And Reform Drive Faster Spending Growth From the Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Health Affairs, July 28, 2011 National Health Expenditures, billions: 2011 –...
by Andrew McGuire | Aug 5, 2011 | News
by nyceve The other day, my brother asked me to explain why a simple yearly doctor visit costs $1500? I started to explain, and he didn’t believe me. I told him, doctors have to employ armies of people to deal with hundreds of insurance companies, this adds...
by Andrew McGuire | Jul 9, 2011 | News
Assessing the Financial Health of Medicaid Managed Care Plans and the Quality of Patient Care They Provide By Michael J. McCue, D.B.A., and Michael H. Bailit, M.M. The Commonwealth Fund, June 15, 2011 In many states, Medicaid programs have contracted out the delivery...
