Gov. Martin O'Malley and Baltimore health advocates announced the launch yesterday of a $150,000 advertising campaign designed to let ... more »»
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Friday, September 26, 2008Will Consumerism Come to Health Care by Default?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareHewitt Associates made news this week with the latest edition of its annual report on employer health care costs. A news article from more »»
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Saturday, September 27, 2008Boston to End Canadian Drug ProgramBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareThe City of Boston, which was once a leader in the ill-advised move to import prescription drugs from Canada, will be ending the program. So says the Boston Globe. Importing ... more »»
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Friday, September 26, 2008Will Illinois' Hospital Uninsured Discount Act Protect Patients?Legislators have attacked the symptom, but not the cause, of hospitals' price gouging By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareBy a unanimous vote, Illinois legislators have passed the Hospital Uninsured Discount Act, which requires that hospitals charge uninsured ... more »»
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Friday, September 26, 2008Medical Licensing Makes Health Care More Expensive, Less AccessibleBy Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Health CareHealth care professionals sell medical licensing to Americans as a vital public health safeguard. But a new report from the Cato Institute argues that medical licensing not only fails to protect consumers from incompetent physicians; raising ... more »»
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Friday, September 26, 2008Wisconsin's Government Retiree Health Care Costs Spiraling Out of ControlFiled As: Budget and Tax, Health Care, Municipal ServicesImagine you're a young guy who has just started dating the girl of your dreams. You get around to the discussion of how many people she has "been with." She says "two." (That's what girls always say, usually accompanied by an extensive story about how she dated some guy for ... more »»
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Friday, September 26, 2008Is Privatization to Blame?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareAn article in the Indianapolis Star contains a twofer in an article about changes eyed for rules governing how much money Medicaid recipients ... more »»
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Friday, September 26, 2008Connecticut Facing Doctor Shortage?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareConnecticut may be facing a shortage of doctors soon, if a survey of practicing physicians is any indication. Those surveyed "blamed high malpractice insurance costs, restrictions imposed by managed ... more »»
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Thursday, September 25, 2008Enrollment in Consumer-Driven Health Plans Doubles In Two YearsAnnual Kaiser Family Foundation/HRET survey shows workers control more of their health care dollars By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareThe newly released annual Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & Educational Trust (KFF/HRET) Employer Health Benefits Survey is out! I'm about to criticize KFF's spin, so let me start by congratulating them on another ... more »»
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Thursday, September 25, 2008Got Medicaid?Maryland advertising a program that has uncertain future funding By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareMaryland officials are undertaking an advertising campaign to get people to sign up for Medicaid: |
Wednesday, September 24, 2008Medi-Cal Crisis Endures, Despite Budget ResolutionBoth Providers and Patients Suffer, As Politicians Dodge Reform By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareThree months late, governor Schwarzenegger has finally signed a budget. Unfortunately, the governor and legislators missed the chance to wrangle Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, under control. The budget agreement held the line pretty well on this gargantuan program for the short term ... more »»
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