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November 2003
Canadian Doctors Say Patients Are at Risk
According to the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), the country’s single-payer health care system is stretched too thin, putting Canadian patients at ... (read more)
According to the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), the country’s single-payer health care system is stretched too thin, putting Canadian patients at ... (read more)
Census Bureau: More Uninsured in 2002
On October 2, the U.S. Census Bureau reported 43.6 million people in the U.S. were uninsured in 2002, an increase of 2.4 million over 2001 figures. The ... (read more)
On October 2, the U.S. Census Bureau reported 43.6 million people in the U.S. were uninsured in 2002, an increase of 2.4 million over 2001 figures. The ... (read more)
Colorado Conference Finds Answers to Rising Costs and Uninsurance Rates
With health care reform measures deadlocked in Congress, the Independence Institute, a Golden, Colorado-based public policy research organization, convened ... (read more)
With health care reform measures deadlocked in Congress, the Independence Institute, a Golden, Colorado-based public policy research organization, convened ... (read more)
Consumer Choice Matters: California Dreamin’
California is not only the source of wacky news about gubernatorial recalls and screwball court decisions: It is also the source of wacky legislation ... (read more)
California is not only the source of wacky news about gubernatorial recalls and screwball court decisions: It is also the source of wacky legislation ... (read more)
Davis Signs Employer Mandate
Two days before he was recalled by voters and replaced by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, embattled California Governor Gray Davis signed a “play or pay” ... (read more)
Two days before he was recalled by voters and replaced by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, embattled California Governor Gray Davis signed a “play or pay” ... (read more)
Drug Importation Roulette
A growing number of governors say they intend to defy federal regulators and purchase lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada. But the Bush administration ... (read more)
A growing number of governors say they intend to defy federal regulators and purchase lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada. But the Bush administration ... (read more)
Illinois Governor Ignores Rx Warnings
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D), with support from former Clinton administration political strategist and freshman U.S. Representative Rahm Emanuel ... (read more)
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D), with support from former Clinton administration political strategist and freshman U.S. Representative Rahm Emanuel ... (read more)
Insurers Wrap Up Medicare Reform Ad Campaign
The National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU), in partnership with the Alliance to Improve Medicare (AIM), has just completed a national advertising ... (read more)
The National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU), in partnership with the Alliance to Improve Medicare (AIM), has just completed a national advertising ... (read more)
Millions Already Benefit from Private Rx Discount Programs
Medicare-eligible senior citizens and disabled Americans without prescription drug coverage need not wait for Congress to act on a drug benefit. Millions ... (read more)
Medicare-eligible senior citizens and disabled Americans without prescription drug coverage need not wait for Congress to act on a drug benefit. Millions ... (read more)
November 2003 Health Care News (pdf)
The November 2003 issue of Health Care News offers a special report on the public safety, legal, and economic implications of prescription drug importation. ... (read more)
The November 2003 issue of Health Care News offers a special report on the public safety, legal, and economic implications of prescription drug importation. ... (read more)
Patient Patients
Canadian drug prices are the envy of politicians like Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who hopes to save a little money on his state’s Medicaid and employee ... (read more)
Canadian drug prices are the envy of politicians like Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who hopes to save a little money on his state’s Medicaid and employee ... (read more)
Rx Drug Card Appeals to Congress
Congressional conference committee negotiators working to hammer out a Medicare reform bill have agreed a discount prescription drug card may be the only ... (read more)
Congressional conference committee negotiators working to hammer out a Medicare reform bill have agreed a discount prescription drug card may be the only ... (read more)
Taking Control
Many prescription drugs, brand name as well as generic, are more expensive in the United States than in other countries. That is an indisputable fact. It ... (read more)
Many prescription drugs, brand name as well as generic, are more expensive in the United States than in other countries. That is an indisputable fact. It ... (read more)
What Is Drug Importation?
Drug reimportation refers to allowing prescription drugs produced for use in another country to be imported into the U.S. for sale here instead. Because ... (read more)
Drug reimportation refers to allowing prescription drugs produced for use in another country to be imported into the U.S. for sale here instead. Because ... (read more)
Why Drug Importation Endangers the Country's Drug Supply
Congress is considering federal legislation that would make importing drugs legal, not just from Canada but also from two dozen other countries. If the ... (read more)
Congress is considering federal legislation that would make importing drugs legal, not just from Canada but also from two dozen other countries. If the ... (read more)
Why Drug Importation Is Bad Policy
As part of the fierce congressional debate over Medicare prescription drug legislation, some members of Congress want to allow Americans to import drugs ... (read more)
As part of the fierce congressional debate over Medicare prescription drug legislation, some members of Congress want to allow Americans to import drugs ... (read more)
