Much has already been written about the wisdom, or lack thereof, of health savings accounts (HSAs) and the high-deductible health plans that are linked with

Not the Next IRA: How Health Savings Accounts Shape Public Opinion
By Jason Barabas
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
April 2009
Much has already been written about

The health care financing systems in other nations are designed to assist patients in paying for their health care. Computerized searches of personal drug use

Insurers shun those taking certain meds
How health insurers secretly blacklist those with certain ailments.
By John Dorschner
The Miami Herald
March 28, 2009

Some insurers will automatically reject applicants

This report, "Health Reform Dialogue," contains a few modest but obvious recommendations that any reasonable reform effort must include. Much more important is that the

Health Reform Dialogue
March 27, 2009

A Time for Reform:

...several widely diverse, national organizations began a series of unique discussions six months ago to exchange ideas and

At a rare time in our history when comprehensive reform may become a reality, it is important that the single payer model be represented in

The option to purchase a public plan within a market of private health insurance plans would merely provide one more player in our inefficient, dysfunctional,

Public Plan Option in a Market of Private Plans
By David Himmelstein, M.D. and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.:

The "public plan option" won't work to fix the

Doing eligibility audits of dependents covered by employer-sponsored plans is yet one more example wherein our current dysfunctional system of financing health care actually promotes

Employers getting more strict on health-care eligibility
By Steve Twedt
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 25, 2009