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February 2007
AHIP Recommends Universal Health Accounts
Health care analysts say a push for a federal universal health insurance program is increasingly likely as Democrats have assumed control of Congress. Anticipating ... (read more)
Health care analysts say a push for a federal universal health insurance program is increasingly likely as Democrats have assumed control of Congress. Anticipating ... (read more)
Bias in Long-Term Care Favors Nursing Homes, Government
Bias pervades America's long-term care (LTC) service delivery and financing system. The system is biased in favor of nursing home care--which Medicaid ... (read more)
Bias pervades America's long-term care (LTC) service delivery and financing system. The system is biased in favor of nursing home care--which Medicaid ... (read more)
CMS Announces New Data Warehousing Initiative
In an effort to limit waste, fraud, and abuse in American health care, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on October ... (read more)
In an effort to limit waste, fraud, and abuse in American health care, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on October ... (read more)
Disney Changes Food Marketing Approach
Don't look for figurines from some of the latest animated kids' movies in a high-fat fast-food boxed meal in the near future. In mid-October, the Walt ... (read more)
Don't look for figurines from some of the latest animated kids' movies in a high-fat fast-food boxed meal in the near future. In mid-October, the Walt ... (read more)
February 2007 Health Care News (PDF)
The February 2007 issue of Health Care News opens with a report on the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, signed by President George W. Bush on December ... (read more)
The February 2007 issue of Health Care News opens with a report on the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, signed by President George W. Bush on December ... (read more)
Federal Court Tosses Vioxx Suit
On November 22, a federal judge refused to certify a national class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of thousands of plaintiffs from various states. The suit ... (read more)
On November 22, a federal judge refused to certify a national class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of thousands of plaintiffs from various states. The suit ... (read more)
Free-Market Advocates Applaud New Tax Law
On December 20, President George W. Bush signed into law a bill Congress passed in the final hours of its 2006 session two weeks earlier--one that not only ... (read more)
On December 20, President George W. Bush signed into law a bill Congress passed in the final hours of its 2006 session two weeks earlier--one that not only ... (read more)
Government Should Stay out of Drug Business
On December 2, the news provided vivid, painful proof that drug innovation is indeed a very risky business. The American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer was ... (read more)
On December 2, the news provided vivid, painful proof that drug innovation is indeed a very risky business. The American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer was ... (read more)
Healthy NY Now Offers HSA Option
Working families of four in New York who earn less than $49,875 annually, and individuals earning less than $25,125, became eligible in January to enroll ... (read more)
Working families of four in New York who earn less than $49,875 annually, and individuals earning less than $25,125, became eligible in January to enroll ... (read more)
JAMA Article Guilty of Political Spin
In its December 13, 2006 issue, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an article on "Changes in Financial Burdens for Health ... (read more)
In its December 13, 2006 issue, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an article on "Changes in Financial Burdens for Health ... (read more)
Long-Term Care Conferences Upbeat
The 2006 LTCi National Producers Summit, billed as "the largest LTC [long-term care] insurance sales event of the year," convened in Austin, Texas on November ... (read more)
The 2006 LTCi National Producers Summit, billed as "the largest LTC [long-term care] insurance sales event of the year," convened in Austin, Texas on November ... (read more)
Mass. Requires Name Reporting for HIV Testing
Beginning this month, Massachusetts will require doctors to report to the state health department the name of anyone testing positive for the human immunodeficiency ... (read more)
Beginning this month, Massachusetts will require doctors to report to the state health department the name of anyone testing positive for the human immunodeficiency ... (read more)
Medicare Book Informs and Amuses
Medicare Meets Mephistopheles By David Hyman Washington, DC: Cato Institute Press, 2006 138 pages, paperback, ISBN: 1930865902, $9.95 The road to ... (read more)
Medicare Meets Mephistopheles By David Hyman Washington, DC: Cato Institute Press, 2006 138 pages, paperback, ISBN: 1930865902, $9.95 The road to ... (read more)
Medicare Part D Doesn't Need Direct Negotiation
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the new Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, pledged to remove in the first week of the congressional session the current ... (read more)
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the new Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, pledged to remove in the first week of the congressional session the current ... (read more)
New Tax Law Expands and Improves HSAs
On December 20, President George W. Bush signed into law a bill Congress passed in the final hours of its 2006 session two weeks earlier--one that not only ... (read more)
On December 20, President George W. Bush signed into law a bill Congress passed in the final hours of its 2006 session two weeks earlier--one that not only ... (read more)
New York Compact: Long-Term Care Protection or Scam?
A few months ago, I attended an Elder Law Forum in Albany, New York intended to explain and promote a new concept of long-term care (LTC) protection called ... (read more)
A few months ago, I attended an Elder Law Forum in Albany, New York intended to explain and promote a new concept of long-term care (LTC) protection called ... (read more)
Packaging of Health Care Is Not the Problem
"We don't bundle and price health services the way we would if the medical marketplace even remotely resembled an efficient, competitive market." So ... (read more)
"We don't bundle and price health services the way we would if the medical marketplace even remotely resembled an efficient, competitive market." So ... (read more)
Restaurants Sue to Block S.F. Mandate
The Golden Gate Restaurant Association (GGRA), a nonprofit trade group representing the restaurant industry in the San Francisco area, filed a federal lawsuit ... (read more)
The Golden Gate Restaurant Association (GGRA), a nonprofit trade group representing the restaurant industry in the San Francisco area, filed a federal lawsuit ... (read more)
Savvy Consumerism Is Antidote to High Drug Costs
Americans have long complained about the high cost of prescription drugs. But a common-sense solution is available to everyone: smart shopping. In extreme ... (read more)
Americans have long complained about the high cost of prescription drugs. But a common-sense solution is available to everyone: smart shopping. In extreme ... (read more)
