CMA President-Elect Offers Look Into Canadian Health Care System: "
CMA President-Elect Offers Look Into Canadian Health Care System
PASADENA, Calif., March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian Medical Association
(CMA) President-Elect, Dr. Brian Day, provided the Canadian perspective to
a panel discussion on single-payer health care systems at a meeting hosted
by the Los Angeles Association of Health Underwriters today."
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
CMA President-Elect Offers Look Into Canadian Health Care System
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Labels: Canada, US/World Health Care Comparisons
Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers - New York Times
Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers - New York Times
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
The single-payer solution | Inquirer | 03/20/2007
The single-payer solution Inquirer 03/20/2007
By Linda Hunt Beckman
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Labels: Single Payer Health Care
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Center for American Progress Papers
Progressive Prescriptions for a Healthy America
Change In Challenging Times: A Plan For Extending And Improving Health Coverage from Health Affairs 2005
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Labels: Single Payer Health Care
Thursday, March 8, 2007
People's Weekly World - Assessing America’s health care system
People's Weekly World - Assessing America’s health care system:
Review of: "Practicing Medicine without a License!
The Corporate Takeover of Healthcare in America "
Posted by Christopher M. Hughes, MD at 7:18 PM 0 comments
Labels: Money and Politics, Physician Autonomy, Private Health Insurance
UC Prof. Warns of Health Care System Crisis
UC Prof. Warns of Health Care System Crisis:
"While the incomes of primary care physicians are by no means meager, the discrepancy in comparison to specialists has become large enough to 'discourage medical school graduates from choosing primary care careers,' Bodenheimer wrote in the article. "
It's worth looking back at Gawande's article, "Piecework," for more on this...
Posted by Christopher M. Hughes, MD at 7:10 PM 0 comments
Labels: Physician Income
Monday, March 5, 2007
"The Best Care Anywhere" by Phillip Longman
"The Best Care Anywhere" by Phillip Longman: "Ten years ago, veterans hospitals were dangerous, dirty, and scandal-ridden. Today, they're producing the highest quality care in the country. Their turnaround points the way toward solving America's health-care crisis. " (2005)
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Labels: Private Health Insurance