Tax Code Influences Health Care Reform
Real Health Reform will require many other reforms as well. Tax reform is one that is often overlooked in regard…
High Deductible Health Plans and HSA's Bad for Your Health? NOT
Articles recently published claim that high deductible health plans and HSA's are potentially bad for your health and that they…
Feds release summary of HIT plan
The government has released it's summary of funding and expenditures for the implementation of the HIT strategy included in the…
Vermont targets payments to doctors by industry
There is no doubt that there is misguided spending by drug and device companies, particularly in the arena of marketing.…
New Director of CDC Named
The new chief at CDC will have his hands full with many issues needing to be addressed. His history of…
Holding down costs or improving quality? Interest Groups Vow to Cut Costs
Well, it is a great first step. One fueled by self-interest, concerns about "thrival" (thriving survival), true desire to evolve…
COMMENTARY: The Spectre of Specter
It may strike some as unusual to link what on the surface would appear to be purely political to the…
Pre-Existing Conditions: End the Game, Health Coverage for All Now
First, the employee based system is outmoded and dates from a post-WWII reality that no longer exists. Persons change jobs…
AMA Supports President's 8 Principles for Health Reform
The AMA has in recent years been very supported of health system reform. This latest letter of support for the…
HIT Adoption, Implementation, Control – Caution Ahead
Perhaps the most chilling comment buried in Dr. Blumenthal musing is as follow: "That means taking advantage of embedded clinical…