Health Care
Friday, January 18, 2008CDHC Consumers Don't Underuse Preventive CareFiled As: Health CareDespite the exemption of preventive services from cost sharing in many consumer-directed health plans, critics have continued to predict underuse of preventive services, based on the fear that people in a high-deductible plan will reduce their use of all services and will not discriminate between those ... more »»
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Friday, January 18, 2008Affordable Insurance for New YorkBy Tarren R. BragdonFiled As: Health CareWhat's the best way to ensure that all New York State residents-adults and children alike-have access to affordable health-insurance coverage? Over the past decade, the state government has answered that question by expanding publicly subsidized forms of health insurance, building on what ... more »»
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Thursday, January 17, 2008Stimulus Package Likely to Have Medicaid MoneyDemocrats pushing for Medicaid funding as part of any economic stimulus legislation By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareAs happened in 2003, economic stimulus legislation is likely to include a bailout for states that have overextended themselves in expanding Medicaid. While the President is not in favor of such a bailout, it is unlikely ... more »»
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Thursday, January 17, 2008New Mexico's "Greedy" DoctorsBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareYou can tell Bill Richardson is no longer running for President (and that he is a lame-duck governor). After all, who in their right mind that is running for office would attack an entire interest group for no good reason. Specifically, I'm referring to more »»
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Thursday, January 17, 2008U.S. Better than Others in Organ TransplantsFiled As: Health CareCampaigning in the primaries, former Sen. John Edwards is leveraging the tragic story of Nataline Sarkisyan -- the 17-year-old California woman who recently died awaiting a liver transplant -- to press his political attack on insurance companies and argue for European-style, single-payer health care. But ... more »»
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008Democrats Mad at Medicaid RestrictionsSenators and Representatives write CMS calling Medicaid rules illegal By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareDemocrats in both the House of Representatives and the Senate have written to CMS decrying the recent refusal of CMS to grant waivers to states that want to expand Medicaid coverage to children in families ... more »»
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008The Value and Perils of Online ResourcesFiled As: Health CareThe Center for Medicine in the Public Interested investigated reports from physicians who indicated they were increasingly seeing patients who were fearful of medications based on information found online. ... more »»
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008Tax Credits for LTCFiled As: Health CareOne of the biggest challenges to state and personal budgets is long-term care. Long-term care insurance might help, but few people buy it. States have taken various measures to encourage the purchase of LTC insurance. Minnesota, for example, offers a tax credit, which is explained in a brief by the ... more »»
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Thursday, January 17, 2008Redefining ObesityFiled As: Health CareIf you're like most Americans, you've probably stuffed yourself like a holiday turkey during the past few weeks. So it should come as no surprise that the average American gains about one pound between Thanksgiving and New Year's, according to the National Institutes ... more »»
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008Success in Government Expansion of Health Care? Keep Looking!States, cities, afflicted with overruns Filed As: Health CareCan anyone explain this to me? Cities, states and even several presidential candidates all appear to believe that sweeping health care reform, which includes covering most or all of the uninsured, is both doable and affordable. Hence, all the health care reform rumblings in the ... more »»
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