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Americans Think Their Health Care Is Fine, But

WebNational Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Harvard University’s T. H. Chan School of Public Health have released findings of a February …

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Cell Phones vs. Health Care : Health Policy Blog

WebIn health care we are told that technology is causing increasing costs. In the cell phone industry, the opposite is true. As Matt Ridley observes: An iPhone, for …

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Health Spending Slows, While Premium Growth Accelerates : …

WebA funny thing happened on the way to the so-called health reform promised in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed by President Obama on March 23, …

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CPI: Health Insurance Premiums Jump Amid General Deflation

WebJohn, here is an example this morning on employer-based health insurance terminating their cancer patients. This is a nurse who gets cancer: —I was diagnosed …

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A Health Reform Republicans and Democrats Agree On : Health …

WebThe most important question in health reform is this: How should the government subsidize private health insurance? And both parties are in broad agreement on the answer.

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Why Don’t Employers Fire the Employees with High Health Care …

WebBig firms can’t shift their employees’ health costs onto a third party; they are the third parties. The marginal cost of a worker isn’t his salary plus the cost of an insurance premium; the …

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Health Insurance Monopoly : Health Policy Blog

WebThe single most important feature of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) is the establishment of a health insurance exchange where people will be required to buy …

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A ‘Free Health Clinic’ for Montana State Employees

WebAt most employee health clinics, physician visits are either free or involve no cost-sharing. Montana employees aren’t required to use the clinic; they can continue to …

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Access vs. Coverage : Health Policy Blog

WebSecond, enrollment in Medicaid is only marginally better than being uninsured, a finding that is consistent with the observation that more than 10 million eligibles don't …

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Hong Kong’s Health Care System Is Number One

WebBasically in Hong Kong people can “purchase” public health care for very nominal fees, but potentially lengthy waits. For example, the average wait to see a …

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Martin Feldstein’s Health Plan : Health Policy Blog

WebMarty Feldstein has a health care reform idea that is so simple, so elegant, and so easy to understand, one wonders what Max Baucus and his Senate Finance …

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health care quality : Health Policy Blog

WebMedical Errors Third Leading Cause of Death? Apparently medical care is bad for you! According to data from the British Medical Journal, in an article brought to us by Vox, a …

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Quality Competition : Health Policy Blog

WebVery good. This is the first piece I have read explaining the economics of quality competition in health care. Everyone else seems to divorce the issue of quality …

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A Health Reform Agenda to Replace Obamacare : Health Policy Blog

WebThe most pressing goal of health reformers in Congress should be to replace all the costly provisions in Obamacare with the consumer-friendly health plans Americans prefer.

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What’s Wrong with the Health Care Media

WebNo, I don’t believe you. Let’s review the bidding. In general, 26-year-olds are the healthiest population group in our society. If you are really serious about health reform, they are the …

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Power to the Physicians, Not the Hospitals : Health Policy Blog

WebHospitals are buying physician practices in large numbers. There’s nothing inherently wrong with integrated health care delivery systems. But unless integrated …

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health IT : Health Policy Blog

WebDigital Health Entrepreneurs Raising More Capital Than Ever (Probably) (A Version of this Health Alert was published by Forbes.). A trio of new reports shows the fundraising …

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Health Care Access : Health Policy Blog

WebMany people believe Obamacare was a conspiracy, with asinine design features intended to cause the program to fail. The primary goal in the minds of …

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Health Insurance for $100 a Month : Health Policy Blog

WebHealth Insurance for $100 a Month. By John Goodman Filed under Health Insurance on May 28, 2009 with 5 comments. That's all it will cost a healthy, 35-year-old …

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