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Give Me ObamaCare and Give Me Your So-Called "Death Panels." It's Surely Better Than What We Have Now.
The conservative blog, mercatornet.com, invited yours truly to be part of a debate on health reform, the controversy over so called "death panels", and my views on the future of the American health care system. The piece written in opposition to mine can be read here, but I can summarize... (read the rest)
Yes, Today. Snowe, Tomorrow?
According to the WSJ Health Blog, Senator Olympia Snowe of Washington State is making no promises as to whether she will continue to back the Senate Finance bill for health care reform. Why does this matter? For any one who has been even following this train wreck / folly of... (read the rest)
Yes, Today. Snowe, Tomorrow?
According to the WSJ Health Blog, Senator Olympia Snowe of Washington State is making no promises as to whether she will continue to back the Senate Finance bill for health care reform. Why does this matter? For any one who has been even following this train wreck / folly of... (read the rest)
Right to Reform says Caplan
Published last week in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Art Caplan discusses the "right to reform". What does this quite simple sounding phrase mean? Well, those three words say a lot more than one might guess at first glance. In Caplan's argument, he claims that health reform both is all... (read the rest)
Former Governor Embraces the "R-Word"--And It's About Time!
Former Governor Dick Lamm has come out to do something that most of us realists in the healthcare debate have done long ago: acknowledged that the "r-word"--rationing--is not a dirty word, and in fact, is something we already do in our health care system. Moreover, rationing is not something to... (read the rest)
Caplan Canvasses the Globe for Lessons on Health Care
Why does the rest of the world get it when it comes to health care and we don't? Perhaps we should take out our globes and world atlases and examine other countries to see how they do it and find some answers, suggests Arthur Caplan in his most recent MSNBC... (read the rest)
Doctors Not Making the Big Bucks Say Bye-Bye to Medicine
The practice of medicine has just become too tough for many physicians. Too many long days, too many lawsuits, too much paperwork, all for too few zeros after the dollar sign. So with increasing frequency doctors are hanging up the white coat and stethoscope and saying "Adios!" to the clinic... (read the rest)
Caplan Offers Reality Checks on Health Care Reform
What are the facts and fictions being bandied about in the debate over universal access to healthcare as promoted by President Obama's health care plan? Arthur Caplan in his MSNBC column today attempts to straighten out some of the true claims from the false ones and make a few predictions... (read the rest)
Caplan: Think Big on Health Care
Arthur Caplan reminded us last week not to get bogged down in the details and to "think big" on health care. To read more about what he said, click here or read the full text of his MSNBC column below. Summer Johnson, PhD Details, Schmetails: Think Big on Health Care... (read the rest)
Who Cares About Preventive Care? Who Should?
The role and scope of preventive care in our healthcare system has been a perennial issue for decades. Emily Willingham raises the issue and its role in healthcare reform and are larger healthcare system in light of a recent encounter on Facebook and more: I received a Facebook invitation today... (read the rest)
Has Medical Bankruptcy Become Part of the American Way?
Following up on last week's post which talked about how even insured Americans are shelling out more and more dollars out of pocket to pay for their healthcare, guest blogger Emily Willingham, PhD tells us that research suggest that in addition to that frightening trend there is even more to... (read the rest)
Health Insurance Doesn't Prevent Huge Out of Pocket Costs
Over the last three years, according to research published in Health Affairs, out-of-pocket healthcare costs have increased 34% says WSJ. Even having health insurance, it would seem doesn't appear to protect the average American against the rapidly escalating costs of health care and to prevent the health care system from... (read the rest)
"Hidden Health Taxes" Neither Ethical Nor Sustainable
It seems as though we don't have much choice when it comes to health care. Either we are going to pay what the most recent research is calling a "hidden health tax" of something on the order of $1,017 per year to cover the health care costs of the uninsured,... (read the rest)
Are the Democrats About to Pull A Fast One? And Is That Really A Bad Thing?
Health care reform may be in the Democrats' grasp--thanks to a little known, at least to the average American, process called "budget reconciliation" that could allow healthcare reform to be passed through the Senate with the Democrats 58 votes because the Republicans won't be able to filibuster it. According to... (read the rest)
Medicare: The Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future
No, I'm not a health policy analyst. Neither is the average American. But neither are we stupid. That's why I resent op-ed columns like the one in the Wall Street Journal that read like this: "Here's something that has gotten lost in the drive to institute universal health insurance: Health... (read the rest)
Powers' Chicken and The Egg Problem
Madison Powers' eloquent essay from CQPolitics.com last Friday analyzes Obama's two-fold problem passing healthcare reform. What Powers calls "decoupling" the two key arguments about cost containment and expanding access to healthcare, I call his "chicken and the egg problem". You say potato, I say potato. Fundamentally we agree: if you... (read the rest)
Are You in the Majority?
CBS News is reporting the results of a CBS News/New York Times poll that says that the majority of Americans (57% of them, still not a resounding majority, mind you) would be willing to pay higher taxes for universal health care. My goodness! That almost sounds....European! Or even worse....socialist! How... (read the rest)
China Gets It...Why Doesn't The US?
The Wall Street Journal reports today that China is aiming to improve its health care infrastructure, to expand health insurance for all, and is starting a "decade-long plan to repair an ailing health-care system that has fueled popular discontent." Gee whiz...what a novel idea. Health care reform as a way... (read the rest)
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