Health Care
Wednesday, August 29, 2007Georgia Lt. Gov. Cagle Proposes Health Care ReformsHealth Marketplace and Tax Credits for Physicians Volunteering at Clinics Filed As: Health CareLt. Gov. Casey Cagle outlined brief details on two health care proposals last week. The "Georgia Health Marketplace" appears to be an effort at a more market-oriented connector or ... more »»
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007The Power of Compounding In Health CareFiled As: Health CareCompounded interest is a powerful concept. Even at low rates it produces big amounts of money over long periods of time. This is true for both investments and the nation’s health bill. Those of us who argue that health care is inefficient because of the lack of a real market place believe that ... more »»
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007Children's Health Care A Socialist Plot? Yes! And Education TooHas Paul Krugman never heard of a "charter school" or a "voucher"? Filed As: Education (k-12), Health CareWe Don't Need No Education... We Don't Need No Thought Control... All in All You're Just A Pawn in Paul Krugman's Wall (Apologies to Pink Floyd) Professor Krugman's analytical "death spiral" in general is tragic to watch, and ... more »»
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Monday, August 27, 2007Not Just A Generic KickbackDoctors paid money to switch patients to generics By Tarren R. BragdonFiled As: Health CareA recent Boston TV news story highlighted that some health plans are paying doctors to switch their patients to generic medications, without disclosing the kickbacks to the patient. The Blue Care Network in Michigan paid 2,... more »»
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Monday, August 27, 2007New Mexico's Four New Health Care Mandates Take EffectFiled As: Health CareThe fact that health care mandates drive up the costs of health care and help create larger numbers of uninsured is well-known and accepted (PDF). Before the 2007 legislative session, New Mexico had a relatively ... more »»
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Monday, August 27, 2007Can't Find a Family Physician?Filed As: Health CareEvery so often I run across articles lamenting a shortage of general practitioners or family physicians. Sometimes the articles will muse about the need for another government program. Or maybe we need fewer programs and less third-party payment and management of our health care. I'm ... more »»
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Monday, August 27, 2007Social Networking, Meet Health CareFiled As: Health CareTechnological and business advances ranging from prescription drugs to medical devices to treatment protocols can improve the status of our health care. They are also letting consumers take a more active role in shaping their own response to chronic disease. Patients Like Me, like Facebook or ... more »»
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Monday, August 27, 2007Should We Be Shaming Obese Children More?Filed As: Health CareIn this Onion News Network parody "news" clip (warning: with some mildly-coarse language), fake pundits debate whether or not ... more »»
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Friday, August 24, 2007Small Business For Socialism?"Tax Me Before I Fail To Provide Health Insurance, Again" Filed As: Health CareAnother very strange more »»
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Friday, August 24, 2007High Deductible Health Plan Cuts Emergency Department UseFiled As: Health CareGovernors, commissions, and legislatures intent on building health care regulatory empires to force larger and larger segments of the U.S. population into depending on government for health care tend to view personal ownership of health insurance as A Bad Thing. This goes double for high-deductible ... more »»
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