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Gaps in Health Insurance: An All-American Problem
By Sara R. Collins, Ph.D., Karen Davis, Ph.D., Michelle M. Doty, Ph.D., Jennifer L. Kriss, and Alyssa L. Holmgren
Commonwealth Fund, April 26, 2006
Overview
Watch a multimedia
Shredding the Social Contract: The Privatization of Medicare
Shredding the Social Contract: The Privatization of Medicare
by John Geyman, 322 pp, with illus, paper, $16.95, ISBN 1-56751-376-X, Monroe, Me, Common Courage Press, 2006.
JAMA.
While Massachusetts receives national attention, Pennsylvania has a plan of equal merit
Midweek Perspectives: Health insurance for all -- yes, we can
While Massachusetts receives national attention, Pennsylvania has a plan of equal merit
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Cuba Has Better Medical Care Than the U.S.
by Blake Fleetwood
The Huffington Post - Apr 23, 2006
Statistics don't lie.
Figures from the World Health Organization clearly show that The United States lags behind 36
Give Canadian-style system a try
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
