Tag: healthcare policy

Everything We Are Doing in Health Policy May Be Completely Wrong

A relatively obscure paper (gated) published in an academic journal the other…

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PPACA Waivers: New Nonsense From John Sununu

For some reason the Boston Globe devotes its top slot on today’s…

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Study: Medicaid Coverage ‘Substantially’ Improves Access to Care

How does obtaining health coverage (insurance) compare to not getting it at…

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Long Waits Cost Canadians Millions

More than 825,000 Canadians were waiting for some type of treatment after…

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HHS Serves Up Prevention ‘Lite’

In the 1993 film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays a TV weatherman…

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Government as Doctor

U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled…

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HHS Empowers Patients to ‘Share the Health’ as Part of Reform Messaging Effort

Getting the word out about all the preventive services available to Medicare…

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Is There Too Much Screening for Heart Disease?

The number of these tests has increased significantly over the last 20…

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Why Not the Best? Or, at Least, Why Not the Same?

The U.S. Medicaid program is likely paying far more than necessary for…

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2011 Cost of Long-Term Care Study Releases Findings

John Hancock Financial (John Hancock) recently announced the results of its 2011…

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