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Let seniors control Medicare's exploding expenses
Submitted by John R. Graham on 6.17.2008
This year, Medicare will begin paying out more in benefits than it collects in payroll taxes. If trends continue, the so-called trust fund will bust by 2019. This is all according to the Medicare Board of Trustees, who recently warned that the "projected long run program costs are not sustainable under current financing arrangements."
Intelligence Squared U.S. Moves to Rockefeller University to Accommodate Sold Out Audiences
Submitted on 6.16.2008
Intelligence Squared U.S., the Oxford style debate series sponsored by The Rosenkranz Foundation, today announced that its third year of sold out public debates will move to Rockefeller University's Caspary Auditorium beginning with the fall season in September 2008.
A Primer for Follow-On Biologics
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 6.7.2008
Generic drugs are chemically identical to their brand-name counterparts. And they cost about 70 percent less. That's why, with healthcare costs escalating, policymakers want to expand the use of generics.
Do Our Candidates Need Their Vision Corrected?
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 6.3.2008
The campaign trail is awash with promises to make universal health care a reality in the next presidential term. Candidates from both parties claim they can lower costs — and insure everyone — through legislative mandates and increased government intervention in the healthcare market.
State should look east for affordable health insurance
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 6.3.2008
One of Sacramento's great laments is the number of Californians without health insurance. The predictable bad solution has been to propose billions in additional taxes. California has been spared so far from this counterintuitive, costly "solution."
AMA Lobbies for Changes to Health Care in New Hampshire
Submitted by Dr. Sanjit Bagchi on 6.1.2008
The American Medical Association (AMA) has been promoting a reform plan in the state of New Hampshire that it says would help improve the state's health care system.
Bogus Figures
Submitted by Dr. Christopher J. Beetel on 6.1.2008
It has been stated by many politicians that 47 million Americans do not have health insurance. This number is bogus.
Md. Tax Records Are Scoured for SCHIP-Eligibles
Submitted by Sanjit Bagchi, M.D. on 6.1.2008
Health officials in Maryland are working with state Comptroller Peter Franchot to identify children eligible for, but not enrolled in, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The comptroller's office will use state income tax records to locate families whose incomes qualify their children for enrollment.
Russia's Failed Universal Health Care Program Exposes the Perils of Single-Payer Systems
Submitted by Rina Shah on 6.1.2008
Despite doubling government spending, Russian system remains a model of what not to do
Study Doubts Benefits of Insurance Regulation
Submitted on 6.1.2008
Although the number of state initiatives intended to improve access to affordable health care has been rising, it is not clear what effect the proposed programs will have on the health status of the newly insured population or the population in general, says a report from the American Enterprise Institute.
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