John R. Graham
Monday, August 6, 2007Ranking Health Insurers in CaliforniaWill Commissioner Poizner's Plan Help Consumers? Filed As: Health CareThe Los Angeles Times reports on a new program set up by Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner that will issue report cards on 6 large insurers (who have voluntarily signed up) that offer PPOs (Preferred Provider ... more »»
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Friday, August 10, 2007Turf Protection Watch! California's hospitals can't handle competitionCalifornia Hospital Association's fear of 40 physician-owned inpatient beds is unfounded Filed As: Health CareThe San Jose Business Journal (via California Healthline) reports on the current target of the California Hospital Association's campaign against physician-owned hospitals: the ... more »»
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Wednesday, August 8, 2007Hospitals' Pain is Necessary for Positive ChangeFiled As: Health CareFrom the Reuters wire: news that for-profit hospitals are "struggling" to collect debts from patients. The story focuses on for-profit hospitals because Reuters is a financial wire and addresses the ... more »»
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Tuesday, August 7, 2007Big Bad Pharma: Still Trying to Sell What They InventIt's hard to keep up with the Los Angeles Times on health policy Filed As: Health CareThe LA Times' Melissa Healy has a whole series examining the pharmaceutical industry’s influence on doctors and patients. There's nothing new here: the same stuff we've heard for ... more »»
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Friday, August 3, 2007The Root Cause of Medical MiraclesFiled As: Health CareOK, I have taken a few swings at American hospitals, and their often harmful lobbying stances, but Ron Winslow’s Wall Street Journal article about Minnesota’s rural hospitals airlifting ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007Michael Moore in SacramentoA Bad Day To Advocate Government Monopoly Health Care in California Filed As: Health CareYesterday, Michael Moore brought his Sicko road show to Sacramento to promote government-monopoly health care in cahoots with the California Nurses Association and state senator Sheila Kuehl. Mr. Moore has really ramped up the rhetoric around the evils of for-profit health care (despite the ... more »»
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Thursday, June 7, 2007Government Monopoly Health Care in CaliforniaThe Democratic caucus just won't quit! Filed As: Health CareDespite hitting Gov. Schwarzenegger's veto last year, state Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) re-introduced SB-840, her bill to impose government monopoly health care in California, in February. Yesterday, it passed the Senate, 23-15, with only one Democrat, Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana), ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007Index of Health Care Ownership is Out! Every State Ranked!Utah Top of the List, New York Bottom of the Barrel on 24 Measures Filed As: Health CarePRI has released the Index of Health Ownership, which uses 24 variables to rank all the states according to their residents' freedom from undue government interference in health care. Top 5: Utah, Nebraska, ... more »»
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Friday, June 1, 2007Another State Flubs Prescription Drug PricesHawaii's price control program enrolled only 37% of eligibles Filed As: Health CareWhen will state politicians give up trying to use government power to reduce Rx prices? The latest fiasco comes from Hawaii, where the Honolulu Advertiser reports that only 112,000 of an estimated eligible 300,000 ... more »»
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Monday, May 14, 2007What the Heck is "Obvious Fraud" Vs. "Oversight"?California Department of Managed Health Care Imposes Guaranteed Issue by Regulatory Diktat Filed As: Health CareLisa Girion, an excellent reporter at the Los Angeles Times, updates us on the "rescission" of health insurance by Blue Cross of California, which caused an unprecedented audit by ... more »»
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