Is Massachusetts Health Reform Our Future?
President Obama said earlier this year that the health-care bill that Congress passed three months ago is basically the same as the Massachusetts plan signed into [...]
What Can Be Done to Reduce Hospital Infections
Hospitals and surgical care centers are having difficulty controlling deadly infections contracted within their facilities. As previously cited, 1 in 10 people hospitalized are affected and [...]
Can Hospital Infections Wait?
Hospitals can cause deaths unrelated to your reason for being treated there. Infections contracted in the hospital in one year total 2 million people, result in [...]
Why We Can’t Estimate the Cost of the Affordable Care Act
It was noted yesterday that the program designed to provide temporary high risk insurance coverage will fall far short of its goals between now and 2014. [...]
Health Insurance for High-Risk Individuals: A Solution with Problems
California has now joined 20 other states in providing temporary health insurance for people with pre-existing medical conditions. However, only a small percentage of the estimated [...]
Medicare Pay Cut to Doctors at Impasse. Result: More Doctors Will Drop Medicare
Every year since the late 1990's, Congress has 'balanced' the budget by declaring a pay cut to doctors' Medicare services. Every year, after the budget is [...]