Opinion
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New Health Threat: Litigation
Opinion -Nothing should ever come between a patient and a doctor … and especially not a lawyer. Yet today’s out-of-control legal environment is doing just that, denying patients the care they deserve. -
Oregon Community Adopts SimpleCare Approach
Opinion -McMinnville, Oregon family physician Mike Jaczko D.O. was struggling to keep his doors open. -
Individual Responsibility Is Key to Health Care Concerns
Opinion -As I read Health Care News and appreciate your excellent coverage of health care issues, it upsets me to see the conservative health care reformers falling into the health care entitlement trap—effectively assuring only government entitlements can solve -
Business Roundtable Rolls Out Patient Safety Survey
Opinion -The Leapfrog Group, sponsored by The Business Roundtable with support from the National Health Care Purchasing Institute, unveiled in January the results of a months-long survey aimed at determining how seriously urban acute-care facilities take the -
Missouri Proposal Would Give Patients Choice
Opinion -Under a bill introduced earlier this year in the Missouri State Senate, HMOs would be required to accept into their network any qualified health care provider. The Missouri senate's only physician, Marvin Singleton (R-Joplin), sponsored the measure. -
04/2002: State Legislative Update
Opinion -GEORGIA A bill (SB 470) introduced by State Sen. Jack Hill (D) would create a prescription drug discount program for Georgia residents age 55 and over. -
04/2002: The Pulse
Opinion -You are invited to participate in an online discussion list dealing with many of the issues we report on here. To check it out, send an e-mail to [email protected]. -
Free Market Meets Society’s Needs
Opinion -Anti-business activists are using the Enron debacle as an excuse to lay the blame for all manner of societal ills at the front door of big business, while calling for more government regulations. -
Hippocratic Hypocrisy
Opinion -Managing Editor’s note: The American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine—a key participant in the Medical Professionalism Project described below—will meet in Philadelphia on April 11-14. -
Internet Offers Easy, Illegal Access to Pharmaceutical Drugs
Opinion -Some Internet drug store sites ignore any manner of medical review or prescription authorization. They boldly go where no law-abiding pharmacy would dare to go. -
More Troubles for TennCare
Opinion -The federal government's unwillingness to meet Tennessee's request for $13 billion over three years for TennCare could mean the end of the state's Medicaid managed care program and force the state to return to traditional Medicaid, a state official told -
Supplemental Rebate Bills Pending (table)
Opinion -Supplemental Rebate BillsPending in the States(as of March 2002) Arizona SB 1091 California SB 697 Colorado SB 162 and HB 1314 -
U.S. Faces Malpractice Crisis
Opinion -Today, American medicine is at the point of no return in its relationship with the predatory medical malpractice lawsuit industry, and with the dangerously high insurance premiums it spawns. -
We Call it Insurance, But That’s Not Healthy
Opinion -Most efforts to improve the nation’s health care finance system involve tinkering with the present insurance-based model. Such efforts are likely to fail in the long run, because insurance itself is the wrong model for part of the system. -
Health Care Spending Rockets Upward
Opinion -Hit by a recession and double-digit increases in health care costs, employers are taking aggressive steps to control their medical spending. Consumers are being asked to pay more for their medical care and take more responsibility for their care. -
Poll: Long-Term Care Confuses Seniors
Opinion -A new national survey conducted for AARP, the senior citizen advocacy group, finds few seniors grasp the real costs of long-term care, and they don’t understand what their options are for paying that bill. -
Happy Birthday to Us!
Opinion -Health Care News celebrates its first birthday this month! Like most infants, we’ve grown by leaps and bounds, thanks to the tender loving care and devoted attention of scores of parents, aunts and uncles, kissing cousins, and generous friends. -
Bush FDA Nominee Stirs Controversy
Opinion -President George W. Bush is traveling a bumpy road as he tries to fill the position of FDA commissioner, which has been vacant since Commissioner Jane Henney resigned in January 2001. -
03/2002: The Pulse
Opinion -You are invited to participate in an online discussion list dealing with many of the issues we report on here. To check it out, send an e-mail to [email protected]. -
State Legislative Update
Opinion -Arizona Gov. Jane Hull (R) predicted spending on some programs for poor residents could exceed the state’s ability to pay. -
U.S. HMO Beats Britain’s NHS
Opinion -U.K. Chancellor Gordon Brown took new Labour's biggest gamble when he said the way to give Britain a "world-class" health service is to increase future taxes. -
When it Comes to Health Care, You Can Insure a Burning House
Opinion -Jane is 58 years old and lives in Florida. She saved up a significant retirement nest egg and decided to take early retirement. Even though she was offered COBRA continuation coverage, she did not act on it. -
Failings of Canadian Health Care Hit Close to Home
Opinion -Thirty years ago I was dating a young doctor who was experiencing severe back pain. At the time, the “Papaya Treatment” was in vogue, and the place to get it done was St. James Hospital in Toronto, Canada. -
NAHU Brings Free-Market Message to Capitol Hill
Opinion -The National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) held its 12th annual Capitol Conference on February 2-5 in the shadow of the nation's capitol.
