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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Spending on health care consumed an estimated 17 cents of every dollar spent last year in the United States, representing the largest one-year increase since the federal government started tracking the number in 1960.
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ASC career “recession-proof”
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Based on information from the US Department of Labor and the US Census Bureau, author Lawrence Shatkin says in his recently published “150 Best Recession-Proof Jobs” that careers in Ambulatory Health Care Services are in the third position in the top 10, right behind Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation” and Hospitals, and ahead of Insurance…
AARP: 20-33% Medicare beneficiaries readmitted to hospitals
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009“Another serious problem we’ve been hearing about lately is that of hospitals discharging older patients without any follow-up, or ‘transitional,’ services. One of every five Medicare beneficiaries is readmitted within 30 days of discharge; and one of every three, within 90 days – often because of poor communication between patients, caregivers and healthcare providers.” –…
New Rand study on excess health costs
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009In 1960, U.S. business spent 1.2% of their payroll on health insurance. In 2006, they spent 9.9%. The Rand Corporation recently released a study that examined 37 industries from 1987 to 2005 and concluded that excess health care costs are causing significant job losses as well as revenue output losses for many American industries…
Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009Achieving comprehensive health reform has emerged as a leading priority of the President and Congress. President Obama has outlined eight principles for health reform, seeking to address not only the 45 million people who lack health insurance, but also rising health care costs and lack of quality. In Congress, a number of comprehensive reform proposals…
Support Slips for Health Plan
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009WASHINGTON — Support for President Barack Obama’s health-care effort has declined over the past five weeks, particularly among those who already have insurance, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found, amid prolonged debate over costs and quality of care…
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Governors Fear Medicaid Costs in Health Plan
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009BILOXI, Miss. — The nation’s governors, Democrats as well as Republicans, voiced deep concern Sunday about the shape of the health care plan emerging from Congress, fearing that Washington was about to hand them expensive new Medicaid obligations without money to pay for them…
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‘Blue Dog’ Democrats Hold Health-Care Overhaul at Bay
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009WASHINGTON — So-called Blue Dog Democrats continued to resist key aspects of their party’s health-care overhaul Sunday, despite pressure from party leaders who fear they will endanger President Barack Obama’s most ambitious legislative effort…
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Injecting Value into Medical Decisions
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009It’s widely estimated that 30% of U.S. health-care spending—some $700 billion a year—is spent on tests, treatments and procedures that provide no value. But one man’s waste may be another’s life-saving treatment. And there are hundreds of medical quandaries with no clear answers…
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Obama’s Health Cost Illusion
Monday, July 20th, 2009The main White House argument for health-care reform goes something like this: If we spend now on a hugely expensive new insurance program for the middle class, we can save later by reducing overall U.S. health spending. This “tastes great, less filling” theory could stand some scrutiny, not least because it is being used to…
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