She knew it ages ago. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Health care providers and policy wonks are belatedly rediscovering it. The best way to rein in runaway health care spending is to prevent chronic … [Read more...]
Is preventative care included in the MA plans?
An anecdote: One of the big sticking points in the new health care plans offered through the Connector was the inclusion of certain preventative care. But I went to the site to test something out. Let's look at Tufts Health Plan Bronze "HMO … [Read more...]
Cutting prevention = more disease = higher costs = more dead people
Is that hard to understand?HOLYOKE -- A program that has improved the health of low-income patients with chronic illnesses faces deep funding cuts in the pending state budget, even though top state officials touted similar disease … [Read more...]