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April 2002
04/2002: State Legislative Update
GEORGIA A bill (SB 470) introduced by State Sen. Jack Hill (D) would create a prescription drug discount program for Georgia residents age 55 and over. ... (read more)
GEORGIA A bill (SB 470) introduced by State Sen. Jack Hill (D) would create a prescription drug discount program for Georgia residents age 55 and over. ... (read more)
04/2002: The Galen Report
Economists got as exercised as they ever do over whether tax credits or expansion of Medicaid would be the best way to help the uninsured get health coverage. ... (read more)
Economists got as exercised as they ever do over whether tax credits or expansion of Medicaid would be the best way to help the uninsured get health coverage. ... (read more)
04/2002: The Pulse
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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)
April 2002 Health Care News (pdf)
State elected officials across the country have declared war on prescription drugs, taking uplegislation that would force drug manufacturers to pay "supplemental ... (read more)
State elected officials across the country have declared war on prescription drugs, taking uplegislation that would force drug manufacturers to pay "supplemental ... (read more)
Business Roundtable Rolls Out Patient Safety Survey
The Leapfrog Group, sponsored by The Business Roundtable with support from the National Health Care Purchasing Institute, unveiled in January the results ... (read more)
The Leapfrog Group, sponsored by The Business Roundtable with support from the National Health Care Purchasing Institute, unveiled in January the results ... (read more)
Free Market Meets Society’s Needs
Anti-business activists are using the Enron debacle as an excuse to lay the blame for all manner of societal ills at the front door of big business, while ... (read more)
Anti-business activists are using the Enron debacle as an excuse to lay the blame for all manner of societal ills at the front door of big business, while ... (read more)
Gunning the HMOs: How much of John Q is true?
In the new movie John Q, an HMO bureaucrat played by actress Anne Heche refuses to place the main character’s son on a waiting list for a heart transplant ... (read more)
In the new movie John Q, an HMO bureaucrat played by actress Anne Heche refuses to place the main character’s son on a waiting list for a heart transplant ... (read more)
Health Care in England: Not Your Cup of Tea: Part 3
Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) was once highly regarded. It was described as “second to none,” even “the envy of mankind.” Unfortunately, people ... (read more)
Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) was once highly regarded. It was described as “second to none,” even “the envy of mankind.” Unfortunately, people ... (read more)
Hippocratic Hypocrisy
Managing Editor’s note: The American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine—a key participant in the Medical Professionalism Project ... (read more)
Managing Editor’s note: The American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine—a key participant in the Medical Professionalism Project ... (read more)
Individual Responsibility Is Key to Health Care Concerns
As I read Health Care News and appreciate your excellent coverage of health care issues, it upsets me to see the conservative health care reformers falling ... (read more)
As I read Health Care News and appreciate your excellent coverage of health care issues, it upsets me to see the conservative health care reformers falling ... (read more)
Internet Offers Easy, Illegal Access to Pharmaceutical Drugs
Some Internet drug store sites ignore any manner of medical review or prescription authorization. They boldly go where no law-abiding pharmacy would dare ... (read more)
Some Internet drug store sites ignore any manner of medical review or prescription authorization. They boldly go where no law-abiding pharmacy would dare ... (read more)
Missouri Proposal Would Give Patients Choice
Under a bill introduced earlier this year in the Missouri State Senate, HMOs would be required to accept into their network any qualified health care provider. The ... (read more)
Under a bill introduced earlier this year in the Missouri State Senate, HMOs would be required to accept into their network any qualified health care provider. The ... (read more)
More Troubles for TennCare
The federal government's unwillingness to meet Tennessee's request for $13 billion over three years for TennCare could mean the end of the state's Medicaid ... (read more)
The federal government's unwillingness to meet Tennessee's request for $13 billion over three years for TennCare could mean the end of the state's Medicaid ... (read more)
New Health Threat: Litigation
Nothing should ever come between a patient and a doctor … and especially not a lawyer. Yet today’s out-of-control legal environment is doing just that, ... (read more)
Nothing should ever come between a patient and a doctor … and especially not a lawyer. Yet today’s out-of-control legal environment is doing just that, ... (read more)
Oregon Community Adopts SimpleCare Approach
McMinnville, Oregon family physician Mike Jaczko D.O. was struggling to keep his doors open. With high hopes … and more than a little desperation … he attended ... (read more)
McMinnville, Oregon family physician Mike Jaczko D.O. was struggling to keep his doors open. With high hopes … and more than a little desperation … he attended ... (read more)
Scully, Thompson Wrestle with Medicare Payments
Thomas Scully, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), told members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health ... (read more)
Thomas Scully, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), told members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health ... (read more)
States Declare War on Prescription Drugs
State elected officials across the country, hard-pressed to keep expensive promises they made during the good economic times of the 1990s, are considering ... (read more)
State elected officials across the country, hard-pressed to keep expensive promises they made during the good economic times of the 1990s, are considering ... (read more)
Supplemental Rebate Bills Pending (table)
Supplemental Rebate BillsPending in the States(as of March 2002) Arizona SB 1091 California ... (read more)
Supplemental Rebate BillsPending in the States(as of March 2002) Arizona SB 1091 California ... (read more)
The Coming Revolution in Medicine
In a 1901 article summarizing medical progress in the nineteenth century, Sir William Osler wrote, “… bacteriology opened unheard of possibilities for the ... (read more)
In a 1901 article summarizing medical progress in the nineteenth century, Sir William Osler wrote, “… bacteriology opened unheard of possibilities for the ... (read more)
U.S. Faces Malpractice Crisis
Today, American medicine is at the point of no return in its relationship with the predatory medical malpractice lawsuit industry, and with the dangerously ... (read more)
Today, American medicine is at the point of no return in its relationship with the predatory medical malpractice lawsuit industry, and with the dangerously ... (read more)
We Call it Insurance, But That’s Not Healthy
Most efforts to improve the nation’s health care finance system involve tinkering with the present insurance-based model. Such efforts are likely to fail ... (read more)
Most efforts to improve the nation’s health care finance system involve tinkering with the present insurance-based model. Such efforts are likely to fail ... (read more)