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John R. Graham

Monday, August 6, 2007 Ranking Health Insurers in California  Will Commissioner Poizner's Plan Help Consumers? Filed As:  Health Care The 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 »» posted by John R. Graham 8:04 pm 0 comment

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 NFIB on Prescription Drug Piracy: "These are my principles, and if you don't like them I have other ones!"  National Federation of Independent Business attacks lawful free enterprise Filed As:  Health Care Until now, the NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business) has been pretty solid on health policy, advocating less government control and more individual choice. Now, we learn that NFIB advocates U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (R-ND), ... more »» posted by John R. Graham 7:38 pm 0 comment

Tuesday, August 14, 2007 Los Angeles: Martin Luther King, Jr.-Harbor Hospital Closure  You know government health care is bad when the government payer shuts down the government provider Filed As:  Health Care The sad saga of MLK-Harbor Hospital came to a close yesterday, as the Los Angeles County Supervisors voted unanimously to shut the county hospital, which has been making headlines since the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ... more »» posted by John R. Graham 4:29 pm 1 comment

Monday, August 13, 2007 California's Budget Stand-Off and its Malcontents  Health care providers pay the price of government dependency Filed As:  Health Care California's fiscal year started July 1, but legislators have recessed until August 20 without passing a budget.  Emergency spending provisions are tapped out. What is a health care provider to do? Well, long-term care facilities have an answer: sue the state, which has missed $750 ... more »» posted by John R. Graham 4:16 pm 0 comment

Friday, August 10, 2007 Turf Protection Watch! California's hospitals can't handle competition  California Hospital Association's fear of 40 physician-owned inpatient beds is unfounded Filed As:  Health Care The 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 »» posted by John R. Graham 6:39 pm 0 comment

Wednesday, August 8, 2007 Hospitals' Pain is Necessary for Positive Change  If American hospitals refuse to tell patients how much they owe, how can they expect to collect their debts? Filed As:  Health Care From 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 »» posted by John R. Graham 7:53 pm 1 comment

Tuesday, August 7, 2007 Big Bad Pharma: Still Trying to Sell What They Invent  It's hard to keep up with the Los Angeles Times on health policy Filed As:  Health Care The 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 »» posted by John R. Graham 3:20 pm 0 comment

Friday, August 3, 2007 The Root Cause of Medical Miracles  Minnesota's cardiac care Filed As:  Health Care OK, 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 »» posted by John R. Graham 6:58 pm 0 comment

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 Michael Moore in Sacramento  A Bad Day To Advocate Government Monopoly Health Care in California Filed As:  Health Care Yesterday, 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 »» posted by John R. Graham 12:25 pm 0 comment

Thursday, June 7, 2007 Government Monopoly Health Care in California  The Democratic caucus just won't quit! Filed As:  Health Care Despite 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 »» posted by John R. Graham 6:09 pm 0 comment

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