In the NYT health blog, the New Old Age, Jane Gross blogs about Dan Callahan's recent commentary on the virtues of rationing healthcare, particularly for the Medicare system. As Gross notes, not only did Callahan write an intriguing and provocative essay, but readers of the column viscerally responded to Callahan's... (read the rest)
posted November 24, 2008
It turns out that the feds have finally decided to stop shelling out dollars to pay for the surgeries that fix the botched one from the first time around. What a novel idea! According to the Arizona Republic, hospitals can no longer bill Medicare for these "second time's a charm"... (read the rest)
posted October 6, 2008
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