Dr. Peter Mott
Guest essayist
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
(April 12, 2006) -- If we as a nation or state try to fill in health care gaps
"The Word of Those With Whom We Do Business:" The State of Ethics in Healthcare
Apr. 2006
The prevalence of inappropriate actions in healthcare drives additional margins in the industry's supply, delivery and financing sectors, says contributor Fred Goldstein. It is
Alberta backs off private medicare blueprint
Ottawa opposed Third Way strategy
By DAWN WALTON AND BILL CURRY
Originally Published 04/21/06
CALGARY and OTTAWA - Bowing to public pressure at home and opposition in
UnitedHealth CEO Makes Recommendation on Pay
By DINAH WISENBERG BRIN and VANESSA FUHRMANS
Wall Street Journal
Originally published April 18, 2006
UnitedHealth Group Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive William W. McGuire said Tuesday he
Government-Funded Care Is the Best Health Solution
Multiple Insurers, Multiple Plans Create Expensive, Draining Hassle
THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE
By BENJAMIN BREWER, M.D.
THE WALL STREET JOUNRAL
April 18, 2006
A recently approved Massachusetts plan designed to force
Insurer CEO Makes a Billion
Rewarding Career As Patients, Doctors Feel Pinch, Insurer's CEO Makes a Billion
UnitedHealth Directors Strive To Please 'Brilliant' Chief;
New Questions on Options
Selling Trout for 40 cents
The health-care tipping point
Insurance CEOs fattened on the suffering of many
By Howie Wolf
Originally published April 16, 2006
Boulder Camera
A brilliant and widely read book by Malcomb Gladwell called "The
Healthcare plan needs dose of common sense
By Marcia Angell
Originally published April 17, 2006
IF GOVERNOR Romney thinks the state's new plan for universal health coverage will carry him to the White House,
The New Yorker Comment: Consumption
The New Yorker
by Hendrik Hertzberg
Issue of 2006-04-17 | Posted 2006-04-10
Perhaps you have been wondering who or what is to blame for the high cost of
Massachusetts Bill Fact Sheet from MASS-CARE
DID YOU KNOW THAT:
•Most uninsured people will now have to buy their own insurance without any or with very little financial support?
•The Bill will not
Single Payer, By Default: Current Trends, Including CDHC, Will Only Compound the Problems
Dr. Don McCanne editorial in the San Diego Physician (PDF File)
Awaiting a home run
By Dr. Susanne L. King
Berkshire Eagle
Tuesday, April 11
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