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Wednesday, December 31, 2008How To Pay Doctors? A Lawyer Chimes InLawyer's dismissal of billable hours holds lesson for physicians By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareI have (gratefully) never had to engage a trial lawyer, but I know that many clients are very frustrated by the common practice of charging by billable hours. Writing in Forbes, Mr. Evan R. Chesler of Cravath, Swaine, & Moore, LLP, says that his colleagues should "more »»
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008Love-Fest or Bloodbath?Government-empowering "reform" is hardly a done deal in Washington, says Cato analyst By Mark Todd EnglerFiled As: General, Health CareMichael Cannon predicts that overreaching, choice-threatening health care proposals floating around the nation's capital could very well bomb in the same fashion HillaryCare augered in just when it appeared New Deal-style happy days were here again and flying high nearly a decade and a half ... more »»
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008Hospital Competition Despite CONTwo hospitals [gasp!] could open in one area in N.C. By Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareThe state agency that approves certificates of need gave conditional approval for a second hospital in the Clemmons/Advance area, soutwest of Winston-Salem, NC. An editorial in the Winston-Salem Journal ... more »»
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008Autism Coverage Expands in OklahomaLegislator upset that he can't claim credit By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma are expanding the services for autistic children. You would think that Sen. Jay Paul Gumm, the legislator who has been pushing for a state mandate for autism coverage (called "Nick's ... more »»
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Monday, December 29, 2008Canadian Health Care in Crisis: Eyewitness AccountFinal thoughts on returning from the Great White North By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareLoathe as I am to traffic in anecdotes, I cannot resist recounting a conversation that I had around a friend's dinner table while in Canada for the holidays last week. The crisis of government-monopoly health care in Canada is fast coming to a crescendo. My previous employer, the Fraser ... more »»
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Monday, December 29, 2008Will It Pay in Peoria?Filed As: General, Health CareIllinois state government is piling up billions in unpaid bills, and hospitals are among those standing in long lines awaiting compensation. The Peoria Journal Star says the state currently owes the ... more »»
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Monday, December 29, 2008Avoiding the Next Flu PandemicBy Donald R. MayFiled As: Health CareAs we enter another flu season, we are reminded that we are due for another global flu pandemic which may kill a large number of our fellow humans. How great is the danger, and how can we protect ourselves? The H5N1 avian flu virus thus far appears to have infected only humans who had direct contact ... more »»
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Saturday, December 27, 2008Private Health Insurance in CanadaAggressive Marketing to Individuals By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareReturning to Canada for Christmas, I was surprised to see that the country's life and health insurers were lobbying the government for health savings accounts and pressing ever closer for the right to compete ... more »»
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Friday, December 26, 2008Minnesota Year in ReviewBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareOne purpose of State House Call is to let people across the country see what has been going forward--and not--across the nation in health care policy. A year-end letter from Citizens' Council on Health Care, a Minnesota-based group that also has a national ... more »»
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Thursday, December 25, 2008Merry ChristmasBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareMerry Christmas to all readers of State House Call. Enjoy the day.
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