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Wednesday, April 23, 2008Dying for an Organ TransplantBy Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Health CareA few weeks ago, the Washington Post broke the dramatic medical news that as many as one third of all people waiting for an organ transplant are actually ineligible to receive one. Suggesting that the organ shortage is a manufactured crisis is more »»
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008Health care vs Pamper Care?By Liberty is for me .Filed As: Health CareToday, I saw WSJ's video about Northwestern's Hospital renovations. Northwestern is a non-profit hospital that has fundraised over $39 million dollars to get a ... more »»
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008Dental Hygienists Get Some Freedom in MarylandNew law allows them to practice more widely By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareAs the Washington Post reports, dental hygienists in Maryland will have a little more freedom in Maryland:
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008Less is MoreFewer patients, more patient care By Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Health CareMany physicians feel that it's their mission to serve as many patients as possible rather than to provide the best care possible, writes Beverly Hills internist Albert Fuchs. Most significantly, doctors today are preoccupied with the more »»
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008Health Care as a Growth IndustryBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareMore and more, health care employment is replacing manufacturing as a mainstay of communities, as the Wall Street Journal reported (subscriber link) earlier this month. It focused on Bangor, Maine, but the lessons ... more »»
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008Success in HSAs, HSAsBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareThis following item comes from James Frogue, who explains that market-informed, consumer-based reforms do work. On April 8th, Newt and Congressman Michael Burgess M.D. hosted an event on Capitol Hill entitled, “more »»
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Monday, April 21, 2008Teachers Unions and VouchersPSEA Continues Misinformation on School Choice By Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Education (k-12)The head of the PSEA, the NEA affiliate in Pennsylvania, takes me to task for in a more »»
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Monday, April 21, 2008State Heath Policy Q&ABy Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Health CareThe NCPA has a new report on State Health Care Reform: Key Questions and Answers, highlighting many of the key policy questions, including "Does universal health coverage lower health care costs?" and more »»
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Monday, April 21, 2008When Legislators Decide Business Success ...... businesses will give money to legislators By John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution finds that health care interests shower money on Georgia legislators: "In the final days before the start of the 2008 legislative session, a health care company lobbying for a law to help it get into the Georgia market more »»
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Monday, April 21, 2008New Medicaid Policy IllegalBy Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareLast week the Government Accountability Office released a formal legal opinion that the CMS policy announced last year that tightened SCHIP eligibility more »»
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