Google to End Health Records Service After It Fails to Attract Users
By STEVE LOHR
Published: June 24, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/technology/25health.html?_r=1&hpw
A ‘credible alternative’
By William D. Clark, M.D.
Our health-care system benefits insurance companies, drug companies and shareholders rather than you and me and our families when we need care. Currently, 20 percent to 30 percent of every health-care dollar pays for administrative costs and profits. Recent attempts at reform of our current system will not change these basics.
Rep. Paul Ryan’s proposal would make it worse by dramatically shifting Medicare costs from the government onto the recipients of Medicare. As politicians keep saying, we need a “credible alternative.”
The Effects Of Specialist SupplyOn Populations’ Health:Assessing The EvidenceThe evidence suggests that populations do not necessarily benefitfrom an overabundance of specialists in a geographic area.by Barbara Starfield, Leiyu Shi, Atul Grover, and James Macinko
In Medicine, New Isn’t Always Improved
By BARRY MEIER
IT is an American impulse to covet the new and improved — whether it’s a faster computer, a smarter cellphone or a more fuel-efficient car. And in medicine, too, new drugs, devices and procedures have advanced patient care.But the promise of innovation can also prove a trap, a situation now playing out with dire consequences for possibly tens of thousands of people who received artificial hips intended to let them remain active.This article is yet another example of the wonders of the marketplace at work in health care!
Romney and health care: In the thick of history
The former governor has faced a fusillade from the right for the plan they call RomneyCare. But a look back at the birth of the Mass. law shows why he can’t, and won’t, back away. It was an amazing political feat, and no one’s role was bigger than his.
‘RomneyCare’ — a revolution that basically worked
The former governor’s health plan is a policy piñata among his rivals. But a detailed Globe review finds the overhaul has achieved its main goals without devastating state finances. The remaining worry is future costs.
By Brian C. MooneyGlobe Staff / June 26, 2011
Rep. Paul Ryan’s proposal would make it worse by dramatically shifting Medicare costs from the government onto the recipients of Medicare. As politicians keep saying, we need a “credible alternative.”
The Effects Of Specialist Supply
On Populations’ Health:
Assessing The Evidence
The evidence suggests that populations do not necessarily benefit
from an overabundance of specialists in a geographic area.
by Barbara Starfield, Leiyu Shi, Atul Grover, and James Macinko
In Medicine, New Isn’t Always Improved
By BARRY MEIER
IT is an American impulse to covet the new and improved — whether it’s a faster computer, a smarter cellphone or a more fuel-efficient car. And in medicine, too, new drugs, devices and procedures have advanced patient care.
But the promise of innovation can also prove a trap, a situation now playing out with dire consequences for possibly tens of thousands of people who received artificial hips intended to let them remain active.
This article is yet another example of the wonders of the marketplace at work in health care!
Romney and health care: In the thick of history
The former governor has faced a fusillade from the right for the plan they call RomneyCare. But a look back at the birth of the Mass. law shows why he can’t, and won’t, back away. It was an amazing political feat, and no one’s role was bigger than his.
‘RomneyCare’ — a revolution that basically worked
The former governor’s health plan is a policy piñata among his rivals. But a detailed Globe review finds the overhaul has achieved its main goals without devastating state finances. The remaining worry is future costs.
By Brian C. MooneyGlobe Staff / June 26, 2011
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