August 2010 - Health Beat - The Network of Care

Implementing Health Care Reform: The Health Wonk Review Highlights Posts that Raise Questions

The most recent Health Wonk Review, hosted by Joe Paduda at Managed Care Matters, raises provocative questions about making health care reform a reality. You’ll find Paduda’s round-up of some of the meatiest health care posts that have appeared on......

Published Sat, Aug 28 2010 7:06 PM by Health Beat

I Remember Rick Scott: A Great Makeover, but Still the Same Guy Part-1

Summary: When I wrote Money-Driven Medicine, the Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much (Harper Collins, 2006), Rick Scott stood out as one of the more memorable characters in a rogues’ gallery of CEOs who helped create the stock market... Read More.....

Published Thu, Aug 26 2010 2:13 PM by Health Beat

Rick Scott’s “Inner Voice”

Below, an excerpt from an imaginary dialogue between Rick Scott and Rick Scott’s “inner voice” from Warren Langer’s blog “Still liberal at 83” http://stillliberalat83.net/2010/06/28/rick-scott-republican-candidate-for-florida-governor-talks-to-rick-scott...

Published Thu, Aug 26 2010 2:03 PM by Health Beat

New Studies Highlight Unintended Consequences of Medicare Drug Benefit

In 2006, when the government began offering prescription drug coverage for seniors through Medicare Part D, the goal was to increase utilization of prescription drugs by the elderly who may not have been able to afford them before, and also... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 25 2010 3:16 PM by Health Beat

EMR Technology Experiences Growing Pains: Resistant Doctors, Computer Glitches, and Unrealized Benefits

Last week I had my first visit with my new primary care doctor. I picked him based on recommendations (plus he’s one of the few that accepts my insurance), and also because he seemed to be an eager adopter of... Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 24 2010 2:32 PM by Health Beat

Is There A Doctor On The Plane?

Over at Wachter’s World, Bob Wachter, M.D., Associate Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco relates what it’s like to be on a plane and hear the airplane’s PA system ask: “If there’s a... Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 24 2010 7:44 AM by Health Beat

Putting a Lid on HealthCare Inflation Is Possible

Summary: Could we bring our nation’s health care bill down from 17% of GDP to 12%? An intriguing study from Milliman, the independent consulting and actuarial firm, says”yes.” Looking at actuarial date from some of our best and most efficient... Read...

Published Thu, Aug 19 2010 2:45 PM by Health Beat

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On Regulating Insurers

Over at the New Republic, Jon Cohn reports that the Affordable Care Act gives Kathleen Sebelius great latitude in regulating insurers. And Cohn thinks that she is likely to use it. “It's not impossible,” to regulate private sector insurers, Cohn....

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 12:46 PM by Health Beat

If Reform Fails

Summary: Some optimistic liberals have begun to suggest that if conservatives manage to block the Affordable Care Act (ACA) , this could open the door to better reform legislation. Why that won’t happen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If conservatives...

Published Mon, Aug 16 2010 8:10 AM by Health Beat

Passage of $26 billion State Aid Package Is Merely a Stop-Gap Measure For Medicaid Woes

After the House voted this week to approve a $26 billion aid package to states—$16 billion of which will go toward helping keep strained Medicaid programs limping along—Rep. Joe Barton, of Texas, the ranking Republican on the House Energy and... Read...

Published Thu, Aug 12 2010 3:08 PM by Health Beat

Highlights from Health Wonk Review: Outstanding Health Care Posts

Health Wonk Review offers a summary of some of the most provocative health care posts of the preceding two weeks. The newest edition went up today, and it’s hosted by the “Disease Management Care Blog’s” Jaan Sidorov here Highlights:Over at... Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 05 2010 2:32 PM by Health Beat

What Does the Missouri Vote on the Individual Mandate Tell Us?

That Republicans don’t support health care reform. Opponents of health care reform have been touting the results of yesterday’s primary in Missouri as if it were a national referendum on “the will of the people.” After all, more than 70... Read More....

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 1:19 PM by Health Beat

New "Small Area" Data From Census Reveal Wide Fluctuations in Insurance Coverage

The U.S. Census Bureau released a report last week that includes the latest figures on the number of uninsured in each county, of each state. It’s an exhaustive breakdown that highlights the wide fluctuations both between states and among individual....

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 3:49 PM by Health Beat

A Reply to the Cato Institute’s Report on Health Care Reform, Part 2--The Individual Mandate

In “Bad Medicine” the Cato Institute white paper exploring “The Real Costs and Consequences of the New Health Care Law,” Cato senior fellow Michael Tanner declares the “individual mandate,” requiring that every American obtain health insurance (or pay...

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 8:31 AM by Health Beat

A Final Response to Cato on Public Support for Reform: Opposition Based on Misinformation Fading, Though Seniors Remain “Confused”

Summary: As regular readers know, not long ago Cato Institute senior fellow Michael Tanner published a 52-page critique of the new health care legislation titled Bad Medicine, and I decided to write a series of posts, rebutting Tanner’s arguments about...

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 6:35 AM by Health Beat

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