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May 2002
05/2002: State Legislative Update
ARIZONA Arizona's Statewide Health Care Insurance Plan Task Force is drafting a proposal to provide health insurance to the state's one million uninsured ... (read more)
ARIZONA Arizona's Statewide Health Care Insurance Plan Task Force is drafting a proposal to provide health insurance to the state's one million uninsured ... (read more)
05/2002: The Galen Report
Senior Capitol Hill staff members outlined prospects for passage of a Medicare prescription drug benefit this year during an April Commonwealth Fund conference ... (read more)
Senior Capitol Hill staff members outlined prospects for passage of a Medicare prescription drug benefit this year during an April Commonwealth Fund conference ... (read more)
05/2002: The Pulse
You are invited to participate in an online discussion list dealing with many of the issues we report on here. To check it out, send an e-mail to HealthBenefitsReform-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. ... (read more)
You are invited to participate in an online discussion list dealing with many of the issues we report on here. To check it out, send an e-mail to HealthBenefitsReform-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. ... (read more)
Anti-Obesity Activists Take Aim at Food Industry
The television news media has jumped on the obesity bandwagon, providing a platform for self-described consumer activists who blame the food industry for ... (read more)
The television news media has jumped on the obesity bandwagon, providing a platform for self-described consumer activists who blame the food industry for ... (read more)
Author: Medicare Faces Midlife Crisis
“Midlife crisis” is the term given to the feeling many of us get around age 40: a fear that our time on this Earth is running out. This is a fair description ... (read more)
“Midlife crisis” is the term given to the feeling many of us get around age 40: a fear that our time on this Earth is running out. This is a fair description ... (read more)
Bioterror Act Creates Its Own Terror
In the wake of September 11, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended states adopt a model law creating sweeping new government powers to address ... (read more)
In the wake of September 11, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended states adopt a model law creating sweeping new government powers to address ... (read more)
Building the Twenty-First Century Hospital
The only thing changing more than the weather this time of year is technology. The rapid developments made recently in high-tech health care are revolutionizing ... (read more)
The only thing changing more than the weather this time of year is technology. The rapid developments made recently in high-tech health care are revolutionizing ... (read more)
Bush Loosens up Privacy Rules
The Bush administration has proposed changing some of the federal rules designed to protect the confidentiality of medical records, including the ability ... (read more)
The Bush administration has proposed changing some of the federal rules designed to protect the confidentiality of medical records, including the ability ... (read more)
Canada’s Abysmal Health Technology Record
The Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario has just added a new MRI unit; Alberta has committed itself to increasing the number of MRI units in ... (read more)
The Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario has just added a new MRI unit; Alberta has committed itself to increasing the number of MRI units in ... (read more)
Food and Drink Police
There have always been ascetics and self-scourgers, and in a free society they are at perfect liberty to act (and eat) as their consciences (or bellies) ... (read more)
There have always been ascetics and self-scourgers, and in a free society they are at perfect liberty to act (and eat) as their consciences (or bellies) ... (read more)
Grassroots Activists Take on Rx Limits
Grassroots activists converged on the capitol steps in Annapolis, Maryland on April 3 to protest the General Assembly’s consideration of measures that would ... (read more)
Grassroots activists converged on the capitol steps in Annapolis, Maryland on April 3 to protest the General Assembly’s consideration of measures that would ... (read more)
Health Care in England: Not Your Cup of Tea: Part 4
There seems to be no argument when I report England’s National Health Service (NHS) is in need of major surgery. The evidence is difficult to ignore: The ... (read more)
There seems to be no argument when I report England’s National Health Service (NHS) is in need of major surgery. The evidence is difficult to ignore: The ... (read more)
Helping the Uninsured Who Need it Most
The economic slowdown will result in an estimated 1 million people losing their health insurance in 2002. Health insurance premiums are rising about 15 ... (read more)
The economic slowdown will result in an estimated 1 million people losing their health insurance in 2002. Health insurance premiums are rising about 15 ... (read more)
Imagine Accessing Quality Health Care from the Sky
Imagine a woman in a rural community too small to have a first-class breast clinic, having her mammography results analyzed instantly by cancer experts ... (read more)
Imagine a woman in a rural community too small to have a first-class breast clinic, having her mammography results analyzed instantly by cancer experts ... (read more)
May 2002 Health Care News (pdf)
The May issue of Health Care News reports how grassroots activists from Maryland to Oregon are taking on legislative proposals for pharmaceutical price ... (read more)
The May issue of Health Care News reports how grassroots activists from Maryland to Oregon are taking on legislative proposals for pharmaceutical price ... (read more)
NAHU Brings Free-Market Message to Capitol Hill
The National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) held its 12th annual Capitol Conference on February 2-5 in the shadow of the nation's capitol. Over ... (read more)
The National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) held its 12th annual Capitol Conference on February 2-5 in the shadow of the nation's capitol. Over ... (read more)
New Round Fired in Fat Wars
The March/April 2002 issue of Health Affairs magazine offers up new ammunition in the nation’s most recently launched War: not on terrorism, but on obesity. In ... (read more)
The March/April 2002 issue of Health Affairs magazine offers up new ammunition in the nation’s most recently launched War: not on terrorism, but on obesity. In ... (read more)
Not in My Backyard
Given the evidence presented in our series on England’s socialized medical system, it should not be difficult to question the merit and morality of duplicating ... (read more)
Given the evidence presented in our series on England’s socialized medical system, it should not be difficult to question the merit and morality of duplicating ... (read more)
Scully Defies Congressional Subpoena
Tom Scully, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), defied a congressional subpoena to appear on April 10 before a House ... (read more)
Tom Scully, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), defied a congressional subpoena to appear on April 10 before a House ... (read more)
Smile, You’re on Candid Camera-Pill
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a tiny camera patients can swallow to yield a living-color tour of the stomach and bowel. The medical ... (read more)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a tiny camera patients can swallow to yield a living-color tour of the stomach and bowel. The medical ... (read more)
Table: Spending and MRI Availability in OECD Countries
Spending and MRI Availabilityin OECD Countries Country 1998 Spending Rank (% GDP) 1998 Spending Rank (Per Capita)** 2000 MRI/Million*** MRI/Million Rank* United ... (read more)
Spending and MRI Availabilityin OECD Countries Country 1998 Spending Rank (% GDP) 1998 Spending Rank (Per Capita)** 2000 MRI/Million*** MRI/Million Rank* United ... (read more)