Archive for September 2013

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Unknown 6:57 AM Add Comment Annals of Family Medicine, Borowitz, Chang, Cruz, Davis, Derksen, exchanges, McCanne, Medicaid, Obamacare, Silvers Edit

What can we really expect from ObamaCare? A lot, actually.

Despite the constant refrain heard from many (particularly Republicans, particularly in Congress, and particularly from the particularly sel...

Controlling the cost of health care by doing the right thing

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Controlling the cost of health care by doing the right thing

The cost of health care and ways to decrease it are a recurring drumbeat in politics, including on this blog. However, I like many others, h...

Competition vs. Coordination in health care: remember the patient!

Unknown 6:27 AM Add Comment Baicker, buyer lock, competition, coordination, IT, Levy, patient Edit

Competition vs. Coordination in health care: remember the patient!

Two of the most prominent policy recommendations for improving the health care “system” in the US have been increasing coordination of care ...

President Bush's stent: inappropriate screening and care for the rich, nothing for the poor

Unknown 6:44 PM Add Comment annual checkup, heart stent, Palmer, Prasad and Cifu, President Bush, screening, Slate, USPSTF Edit

President Bush's stent: inappropriate screening and care for the rich, nothing for the poor

One of the recurrent themes of this blog has been the importance of everyone having access to necessary medical care, and how the US compare...

Rand Paul on health policy: small brain and no heart

Unknown 6:54 AM Add Comment contact lenses, dinosaur syndrome, John Oliver, Lasik, Mark Ebell, market, Matoren, Rand Paul Edit

Rand Paul on health policy: small brain and no heart

While politicians are rarely elected to office because of their profession (I seem to remember that when in elementary school we learned tha...

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