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• A Prescription For The Health Care Crisis

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  With all the shouting going on about Americas health care crisis, many are probably finding it difficult to concentrate, much less understand the cause of the problems confronting us. I find myself dismayed at the tone of the discussion (though I understand it—people are scared) as well as bemused that anyone would ...
  15 hours ago

• Putting Some of the Reform Back Into Health Reform

  
  Swampland — Authority: 721
  Given the drama and suspense of the past few weeks, its understandable that the first round of commentary about the new Senate health bill would focus on the deals that Majority Leader Harry Reid had to make to bring aboard all 60 of the votes that he will need to beat a Republican filibuster. Senate [...]
  1 day ago

• Weekend Action! Medicare Payments to Docs, Cobra Extension

  
  WSJ.com: Health Blog — Authority: 670
  There are a few noteworthy health-care provisions buried deep within the $626 billion defense spending bill the Senate’s expected to pass this weekend.
  2 days ago

• Hospital’s Docs Travel Widely on Taxpayer Dime

  
  WSJ.com: Health Blog — Authority: 670
  A third of the hospitals physicians traveled to Hawaii for education courses; few stayed in California.
  2 days ago

• Mammogram Debate Rages On and Splits Along Party Lines

  
  EcoSalon — Authority: 520
  We all continue to be somewhat baffled over how often to get mammograms and whom to trust as the last word on this critical issue for women. Hey, we all want to grow up to be old women , right? Weeks after the release of the report on new recommendations for mammograms by the 16-member U.S. Preventative Task ...
  4 days ago

• Putting the Teeth Back Into the Medicare Commission?

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 465
  Ezra Klein observed this morning that the Rockefeller-Whitehouse-Lieberman amendment on the Senate health reform bill puts some “teeth” back into the Medicare commission: Joe Lieberman’s successful effort to tank the public option and Medicare buy-in does not mark the end of his involvement in health-care ...
  4 days ago

• UNDER THE CATEGORY “OUR MATH-CHALLENGED GOVERNMENT”

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 543
  Taking his cue from Joe Biden who stated ” if we don’t keep spending, we’ll go bankrupt,” Obama today says that if we don’t massively increase spending on health costs in the US by enacting the bloated and onerous HEINOUS HEALTH HEIST that the US will go bankrupt. “Obama: US ‘will go bankrupt’ without ...
  4 days ago

• Senators Make Threats on Health Bill (CQPolitics.com)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  CQPolitics.com - Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said Sunday that she will vote against the latest version of the Senate health care bill if a Congressional Budget Office analysis shows that it either does not reduce health costs or is not deficit neutral.
  1 week ago

• Cutting Health Budget NOT Same as Cutting Costs

  
  Real Health Reform — Authority: 114
  It is easy to cut budgets.  Not easy to cut real costs. Congress is looking for ways to pay for its expansion of medical coverage for the uninsured and underinsured. Their assumption is that most of those who are uninsured could not afford any premium payments for medical services.  They plan to pay for their plan ...
  1 week ago

• Coping With the Costs of Cobra

  
  Well — Authority: 680
  A federal subsidy to ease the burden of Cobra insurance payments is running out. Todays Patient Money column offers advice on how to cope.
  1 week ago

• The Other Big Medicare Bill Isn’t a Medicare Bill

  
  WSJ.com: Health Blog — Authority: 670
  Why a bill to create a fiscal commission could have a huge impact on Medicare.
  1 week ago

• The Other Big Medicare Bill Isn’t a Medicare Bill

  
  WSJ.com: Health Blog — Authority: 670
  Why a bill to create a fiscal commission could have a huge impact on Medicare.
  1 week ago

• Gawande as Gladwell: Why Health Care Is Like Farming

  
  WSJ.com: Health Blog — Authority: 670
  Rising health care costs are a problem that can never be solved outright, the Harvard surgeon argues.
  1 week ago

• Keeping In the Teeth and Keeping Up the Faith

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 465
  Today’s Washington Post had this story by Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray on the evolving Senate health reform bill.  The title of the article was “Deals cut with health groups may be at peril”–subtitled “Top Senate Democrats fight to sustain support in face of amendments.”  But it could have ...
  2 weeks ago

• Family Health Insurance Plans That Are Affordable

  
  gothinking.net — Authority: 152
  Good upbeat is a goodness to every grouping and should be kept up to advance an pleasant life. It’s needed for families and individuals to clear tending to their upbeat tending regimen. Particularly because there’s a broad toll relating to student visits. The costs have accumulated a large turn thereby making it ...
  2 weeks ago

• The public option and healthcare costs

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 120
  By Kester FreemanRetired CEO, Palmetto HealthEach month our blog team meets and as former hospital CEOs, we discuss some of the latest issues impacting the world of nonprofit hospitals and medical centers. We want to let you in on the conversation!Below you can read an excerpt from our most recent meeting:Kester ...
  2 weeks ago

• Conventional Oil plus NGL which I consider oil will never get above 86mmbbls/day again.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 543
  Why is basic geology, physics and economics. The investment to even keep that rate up is not being made. In the US oil hasn’t been an indicator of growth for 3 decades as we now put out double the GNP/gal in constant $. Facts are we are getting far more eff and will over the next decade, drop our energy needs/GNP ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mikulski, Snowe, Collins, Vitter bring victory for womens health in Senate bill; ensure preventive care

  
  MOMocrats — Authority: 413
  Straight from Kaiser Health News today  (bolding mine, to highlight crucial points): " Senate Bill Moves Forward, Amendment Ensures Coverage For Womens Preventive Care" Los Angeles Times : " After days of delay, Senate Democrats pushed ahead Thursday with their drive to pass a healthcare bill by ...
  2 weeks ago

• Radical concept: Know what you’re paying for in health care

  
  The Platform — Authority: 499
  The question was deceptively simple. It was answered with a telling silence. What would Barnes-Jewish Hospital charge for heart bypass surgery, Dr. Glenn Steele asked a St. Louis audience on Tuesday. “I can tell you what it costs at one of…
  2 weeks ago

• Fad Weight Loss Diets – Are They Any Good?

  
  Health Resources — Authority: 143
  Overview: When someone is considered “obese” it is referring to an extreme amount of body fat. If you have always had trouble with controlling your weight, there is a great possibility that you are aquainted with the frustrations of dieting. Close to a hundred million Americans set out on a fad diet every year ...
  2 weeks ago

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