by Sylvia Moore | Feb 24, 2011 | News
The following article from the blog AlterNet shows how Cuba achieves virtually the same quality of health care as the United States, but at 96% less cost. What’s this country’s secret? An emphasis on preventive care. The results prove that this approach...
by Andrew McGuire | Feb 1, 2011 | News
Why Don’t Americans Live Longer? By David Leonhardt The New York Times January 25, 2011 The National Academy of Sciences has just released a fascinating report on life expectancy in rich countries around the world. The researchers who wrote the report — public-health...
by Andrew McGuire | Oct 25, 2010 | News
What Changes In Survival Rates Tell Us About US Health Care By Peter A. Muennig and Sherry A. Glied Health Affairs October 7, 2010 Many advocates of US health reform point to the nation’s relatively low life-expectancy rankings as evidence that the health care system...