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Americans Think Their Health Care Is Fine, But

WEBNational Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Harvard University’s T. H. Chan School of Public Health have released findings of a February …

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CPI: Health Insurance Premiums Jump Amid General Deflation

WEBJohn, here is an example this morning on employer-based health insurance terminating their cancer patients. This is a nurse who gets cancer: —I was diagnosed …

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Cell Phones vs. Health Care : Health Policy Blog

WEBIn health care we are told that technology is causing increasing costs. In the cell phone industry, the opposite is true. As Matt Ridley observes: An iPhone, for …

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A ‘Free Health Clinic’ for Montana State Employees

WEBAt most employee health clinics, physician visits are either free or involve no cost-sharing. Montana employees aren’t required to use the clinic; they can continue to …

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The Case for Health Insurance : Health Policy Blog

WEBI’m one of the very few health policy wonks you know (maybe the only one) who believes everyone should have access to health insurance the same way they currently have …

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Health Insurance Monopoly : Health Policy Blog

WEBThe single most important feature of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) is the establishment of a health insurance exchange where people will be required to …

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Martin Feldstein’s Health Plan : Health Policy Blog

WEBMarty Feldstein has a health care reform idea that is so simple, so elegant, and so easy to understand, one wonders what Max Baucus and his Senate Finance …

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Access vs. Coverage : Health Policy Blog

WEBSecond, enrollment in Medicaid is only marginally better than being uninsured, a finding that is consistent with the observation that more than 10 million …

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Philosophies of Medical Care : Health Policy Blog

WEBSlow medicine is a philosophy and set of practices that believes in a conservative medical approach to both acute and chronic care… practices that sharply …

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What Health Reform Means for the States : Health Policy Blog

WEBThis is Lanhee J. Chen, writing for the Heritage Foundation:. Several states have initiated their own estimates of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (PPACA) impact.

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Health Facilities Exceed Other Construction in May : Health Policy …

WEBApril’s drop in health facilities starts looks to have been idiosyncratic. Health facilities exceeded other construction in May, as in March and February.

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Health Spending Grew 18 Percent Faster Than GDP in Twelve …

WEBAccording to the Altarum Institute, health spending rose 4.9 percent in the twelve months through August 2014.In the twelve months to July, it rose 5.1 percent, 18 percent more …

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Health Construction Shrinks Twice As Fast As Other Construction …

WEBThe see-saw in health facilities construction continues. Health construction starts dropped 1.4 percent in June, versus a drop of 0.6 percent for other construction (Table I).

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Hong Kong’s Health Care System Is Number One

WEBBasically in Hong Kong people can “purchase” public health care for very nominal fees, but potentially lengthy waits. For example, the average wait to see a …

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Digital Health Entrepreneurs Raising More Capital Than Ever …

WEB(A Version of this Health Alert was published by Forbes.). A trio of new reports shows the fundraising landscape for new digital health ventures remains promising.

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Why Don’t Employers Fire the Employees with High Health Care …

WEBBig firms can’t shift their employees’ health costs onto a third party; they are the third parties. The marginal cost of a worker isn’t his salary plus the cost of an …

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Health Policy Blog

WEBDallas-based think tank, NCPA, closes its doors after 34 years. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Contact: Reagan Stewart at 214-891-3340 or …

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Rock Health: $2.1 Billion in Digital Health Funding Q2

WEBRock Health has published its account of 2015 Q2 funding of digital health ventures.According to Rock Health, funding so far this year is keeping pace with 2014. …

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