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Medicare: The Free Market Option
Medicare gives patients more choice, and a greater range of free-market options than does private insurance. While Medicare has had its financial challenges, it is an example of a government-run...
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Tom Harkin Taking Up Ted Kennedy’s Healthcare Reform Torch
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), the liberal who succeeded Senator Ted Kennedy as chairman of the Senate Health Committee, is predicting that Congress will pass healthcare reform with a public option before...
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Bigger Incomes for Specialty Nurses Drive Physicians Away From Primary Practice
At a time when primary-care physicians are in short supply, many hospitals are offering bigger paychecks and incentives to specialist nurses such as certified nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), nurses who...
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High-Risk Pool Healthcare Has Hefty Premiums
Healthcare coverage for uninsured Americans with pre-existing conditions won’t come cheaply. Premiums in the new “high-risk” pool could average $300 to $600 a month in certain states, according to a...
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ER Usage Study Shows Interesting Results
Twenty percent of Americans visited a hospital emergency room in 2007, the most recent year for which the National Center for Health Statistics has data. That includes approximately 7.4 percent of the...
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Is the GOP Alone In Wanting to Repeal Healthcare Reform?
Even though Republicans will control the House of Representatives and have a larger presence in the Senate come January, they still are likely to hit some formidable roadblocks in their attempt to...
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ER Visits on the Rise, Thanks to Quick Treatment
Visits to hospital emergency rooms soared to an all-time high of 136 million in 2009, according to new estimates provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This represents an...
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States Want Feds to Move Faster on ACA Rules
Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) major provisions don’t go into effect until 2014, states and insurers must be prepared to enroll some 32 million Americans who currently...
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