View a presentation by Grace-Marie Turner given in San Diego to MedImpact on HSAs, HRAs, and how companies are adapting to the new world of consumer-driven care. … [Read more...] about Health Savings Accounts
Health Savings Accounts
View a presentation by Grace-Marie Turner given in San Diego to MedImpact on HSAs, HRAs, and how companies are adapting to the new world of consumer-driven care. … [Read more...] about Health Savings Accounts
Drug Reimportation: An unnecesssary risk
Prescription drugs can be expensive, especially for low-income seniors without drug coverage. But those who buy drugs over the Internet from Canada are taking a real and unnecessary risk with their health. Americans think it?s just as safe to buy drugs from Canada as from their neighborhood pharmacist. But the Canadian government says it is not responsible for drugs that come into Canada for … [Read more...] about Drug Reimportation: An unnecesssary risk
Drug Reimportation: An unnecesssary risk
Prescription drugs can be expensive, especially for low-income seniors without drug coverage. But those who buy drugs over the Internet from Canada are taking a real and unnecessary risk with their health. Americans think it?s just as safe to buy drugs from Canada as from their neighborhood pharmacist. But the Canadian government says it is not responsible for drugs that come into Canada for … [Read more...] about Drug Reimportation: An unnecesssary risk
Frenzy
In the frenzy of activity before Congress leaves town today, there are several events and developments to report: ? Conference on fresh ideas. Thinking ?Beyond the Election? was the focus of a conference (I moderated) in Washington on Wednesday sponsored by the Alliance for Aging Research and the American Pharmacists Association Foundation. A vice president of Pitney-Bowes and an official from … [Read more...] about Frenzy
AHA Issues Critique of Specialty Hospitals
IN THIS ISSUE: ? AHA Issues Critique of Specialty Hospitals ? MWE White Paper Summarizes FTC/DOJ Report ? Scruggs Interviewed in "HealthLeaders" ? American Goes to India for Heart Surgery ? Reaction on HBR Discussion List AHA Issues Critique of Specialty Hospitals I've been predicting for a while that the next health care segment to come under the gun will be the hospitals. I expect … [Read more...] about AHA Issues Critique of Specialty Hospitals
AHA Issues Critique of Specialty Hospitals
IN THIS ISSUE: ? AHA Issues Critique of Specialty Hospitals ? MWE White Paper Summarizes FTC/DOJ Report ? Scruggs Interviewed in "HealthLeaders" ? American Goes to India for Heart Surgery ? Reaction on HBR Discussion List AHA Issues Critique of Specialty Hospitals I've been predicting for a while that the next health care segment to come under the gun will be the hospitals. … [Read more...] about AHA Issues Critique of Specialty Hospitals
Presidential candidates? health proposals: Individual ownership or collective control?
Sen. John Kerry views the sharp decline in the number of Americans with job-based health insurance as a problem to be fixed. President Bush sees it as a signal for change. The way the two presidential candidates would solve the problem highlighted in recent a Census Bureau report on the uninsured gives voters a clear choice between their different philosophies of individual or collective control … [Read more...] about Presidential candidates? health proposals: Individual ownership or collective control?