Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on June 30, 2008Bashing the American health care system has become a cottage industry. On the big screen, we've seen John Q and Sicko. At the bookstore, highly touted best-sellers lambasting the system seem to hit the shelves every month. On the opinion pages and on the cable news networks, pundits declare that the American system is in crisis and an … [Read more...] about How Good Is Our Health Care System?
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How Good Is Our Health Care System?
Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on June 30, 2008Bashing the American health care system has become a cottage industry. On the big screen, we've seen John Q and Sicko. At the bookstore, highly touted best-sellers lambasting the system seem to hit the shelves every month. On the opinion pages and on the cable news networks, pundits declare that the American system is in crisis and an … [Read more...] about How Good Is Our Health Care System?
Single-Payer Redux
Highlights Problems in Canada and the UK Physician payments The uninsured HSA update Problems in Canada and the UK: There is mounting evidence that centrally-controlled, government-dominated, taxpayer-financed, rule-driven health care systems are failing. We found a surprising number of articles this week about problems in paradise -- aka, British and Canadian single-payer health care … [Read more...] about Single-Payer Redux
Wake-Up Calls
Highlights Federal Health Board Single-Payer Health Care Market Innovations Medical Tourism A Federal Health Board? Key members of Congress got another wake-up call this week about the serious threat that rising government health spending poses to the future of our health sector — and our economy. During a summit sponsored on Monday at the Library of Congress by the Senate … [Read more...] about Wake-Up Calls
Drumbeats
The Commonwealth Fund continues its advocacy for universal coverage and a larger role for government in our health sector with a new paper in Health Affairs: It cites the rising number of people with health coverage that does not adequately protect them from high medical expenses — the under-insured. News coverage has headlined the study's finding of a 60% increase in the number of … [Read more...] about Drumbeats
Healthcare: What Can Americans and Europeans Learn from Each Other, and What Changes Are Needed?
The health care sector in the United States is unique among developed countries, and it is necessarily diverse to respond to the very different needs and demands of a country with 300 million people. It is a mix of public and private sector programs. But the health sector in the United States is often criticized, both at home and abroad, for the high number of people without insurance because we … [Read more...] about Healthcare: What Can Americans and Europeans Learn from Each Other, and What Changes Are Needed?
Healthcare: What Can Americans and Europeans Learn from Each Other, and What Changes Are Needed?
The health care sector in the United States is unique among developed countries, and it is necessarily diverse to respond to the very different needs and demands of a country with 300 million people. It is a mix of public and private sector programs. But the health sector in the United States is often criticized, both at home and abroad, for the high number of people without insurance because we … [Read more...] about Healthcare: What Can Americans and Europeans Learn from Each Other, and What Changes Are Needed?