Now that's bang for the buck. But wait, we're different. We have certain risk factors not found in other countries, like bad health habits. Obesity, smoking, car accidents, and homicides account for this difference; not our healthcare … [Read more...]
Health Reform Part 2: Cost Control and Accountable Care Organizations
So the task force on Payment Reform issued a report declaring (without actually bother to prove) that our fee-for-service payment system, by which we reimburse physicians per visit or per procedure, was driving up costs by giving them an … [Read more...]
Just received – Getting the Facts Straight About the Health Care Reform Act
The Health Care Reform Act will no doubt bring about many changes to our health care system, but, since passage last March, it has engendered a lot of confusion. Because so many false claims have cropped up as a result of this confusion, I … [Read more...]
Harvard Pilgrim’s Medicare Bailout & Health Care “Competition”
Medicare Advantage plans were created in 2003 under George W. Bush and a Republican majority in both houses of Congress to privatize Medicare: it allowed seniors to choose a private insurance company to manage their Medicare benefits … [Read more...]
Ford Hall Forum: “AIDS, Social Justice and the Politics of Transformation” (9/30/10)
This event is presented in collaboration with the Old South Meeting House, a museum and National Historic Landmark dedicated to the free exchange of ideas, as part of the Partners in Dialogue series. … [Read more...]
New Video: Governor Patrick & JT nailed the issues yesterday.
This video is a wake up call Moderates who are considering a GOP/Tea Party vote and to Dems who mamby-pamby the evil that the GOP represents. It is long, but worth every second to view. Sometimes it takes a while to thoroughly explain an … [Read more...]
Martha Coakley is Going to Sell Caritas to Dan Quayle?
Caritas is the 2nd largest health care system in all of New England. The people of Massachusetts in particular rely on Caritas to provide quality health care at reasonable prices. Martha Coakley is involved in approving the sale … [Read more...]
On Online Brainstorming, Or, “Hey, Unions…Wanna Grow?”
Credit Where Credit Is Due Dept.: We're having this conversation today because of a back and forth between StratfordDem and myself over at Blue Hampshire, as I mentioned above, and the ideas that you'll hear here are hardly my own-in fact, … [Read more...]
Fighting Back on MA HCR
So, how do we respond to this criticism? My thoughts are these: +MA has expensive HC because we have great healthcare +HC doesn't cost us a great deal +MA also has the Partner's oligopoly, which raises prices throughout the state. … [Read more...]
Stop the Pharma Sneak Attack
Chapter 111N is the state's historic drug and device marketing restrictions law, passed overwhelmingly in 2008 after a bitter struggle between consumers, doctors, hospitals and employer groups seeking lower health care costs, and the drug … [Read more...]
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