Health Care
Wednesday, September 5, 2007Thick & THIN (or Pennywise & Pound Foolish?)The Trials of a Lipid Lowering Medicine Filed As: Health CareFrom the European Society of Cardiology Congress: a presentation of the results of an almost eight-year long observational study of 4.77 million patients in Great Britain’s THIN (The Health ... more »»
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Wednesday, September 5, 2007Medicaid, Self-Pay Linked to Newborn ProblemsFiled As: Health CareLittle surprise here: mothers and children do best when they have private insurance, not Medicaid. The Alabama Center for Health Statistics reports (PDF) on the correlation between a mother's insurance status and ... more »»
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Wednesday, September 5, 2007State Innovations HighlightedFiled As: Health CareThe Albany Times-Union highlights various health care reforms that states are enacting or studying. As you might expect, it's a mixed bag of goods. Let's start ... more »»
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Wednesday, September 5, 2007What is Insurance?If you still have bills to pay, it is insurance? Filed As: Health CareUSA Today looks at a company that sells health insurance policies with limited coverage. At issue: 36 states are investigating the company for alleged wrongdoings, including fraudulent sales ... more »»
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007More on the Census Bureau NumbersWhat you won't find mentioned anywhere else Filed As: Health CareThe Census Bureau’s latest count of insurance coverage is being met with the usual hysteria by the left-wing organizations and the media. But there are some interesting tidbits here that you will not see reported anywhere. For instance, although the numbers are very small the percentages of people ... more »»
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007Legislative Approval? What's That?Blago forges ahead with health welfare expansion Filed As: Health CareThe governor proposes, the legislature disposes. Wait. Not in Illinois. According to CBS News:
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007HSAs: One Size Does Not Fit AllFiled As: Health CareIncentives matter. That’s the idea behind Health Savings Accounts where 100% cost sharing will reduce unneeded medical utilization. Even critics of HSAs concede that they will induce individuals to economize on medical usage. The standard HSA design involves a high deductible plan of, say $5,000, ... more »»
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Saturday, September 1, 2007Heal the Bonds between Doctors and their PatientsFiled As: Health CareThere are a number of major problems with American health care, but no single problem is bigger or more important than the destruction of the relationship between doctors and their patients. The latest example of this involves insurance companies paying doctors to switch their patients from brand name ... more »»
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Friday, August 31, 2007No Health Insurance? No Driving for You!Filed As: Health CareWhen it comes to health insurance, the attitude of some people is simply ... remarkable. Profit is bad, government control is good, and unintended consequences will abound. The following requirements are derived from a document developed by a state health reform subcommittee. It is hard at work ... more »»
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Friday, August 31, 2007Are 4 in 10 Americans Really Underinsured?Filed As: Health CareIn its September 2007 issue, Consumer Reports wades into America’s health care dialogue with a study that finds “four in ten Americans can’t depend on ... more »»
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