February 12, 2009
Comment:
By Don McCanne, MD
On January 23, a Quote of the Day message discussed an article in The New Yorker by Atul Gawande, Getting
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Care coordination – a wrong way and a right way
Most of the leading proposals for health financing reform include magical (sleight-of-hand) concepts that purportedly would reduce health care costs. One of these is disease
Care coordination – a wrong way and a right way
Effects of Care Coordination on Hospitalization, Quality of Care, and Health Care Expenditures Among Medicare Beneficiaries
By Deborah Peikes, PhD; Arnold Chen, MD, MSc; Jennifer Schore,
CBO's Elmendorf on single payer, and a Medicare-like option
In his testimony before the Senate Budget Committee, CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf discussed considerations for expanding coverage, and considerations and options for controlling costs and
CBO's Elmendorf on single payer, and a Medicare-like option
Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs for Health Care
Testimony of Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office
United States Senate
Committee on the Budget
February 10, 2009
In
CBO’s Elmendorf on single payer, and a Medicare-like option
Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs for Health Care
Testimony of Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office
United States Senate
Committee on the Budget
February 10, 2009
In
Consumer-driven fire department (lesson for Canada and U.S.)
Though not quite so graphic, free market private health insurance is not unlike the rescue purchased by this unfortunate lady. Just as she purchased a
Consumer-driven fire department (lesson for Canada and U.S.)
This article includes videoFire fighters rescue the highest bidder
YouTube
video (40 seconds):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnjQ3cV4x1I
Though not quite so graphic, free market private health insurance is not unlike the rescue purchased by this
Insurance failing cancer patients
An excellent test of how well our insurance system is working is to determine how well it serves those individuals who have the tragic misfortune
Insurance failing cancer patients
Spending to Survive: Cancer Patients Confront Holes in the Health Insurance System
By Karyn Schwartz, Gary Claxton, Kristi Martin, and Christy Schmidt
Kaiser Family Foundation
American Cancer Society
February
Bipartisanship breaks down over "public option"
Well, we are there now. The progressive community had decided that the political barriers that have prevented reform over the past century must be brought
Bipartisanship breaks down over "public option"
The Public Plan Option: Bipartisanship, Or Fear And Loathing?
by Rob Cunningham
Health Affairs Blog
February 5, 2009
The tea leaves say President Barack Obama will do more than