The Seniors’ Choice Act
Austin Frakt February 16, 2012
As Don blogged yesterday, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) have introduced The Seniors’ Choice Act. It includes a variant of premium support and a
As Don blogged yesterday, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) have introduced The Seniors’ Choice Act. It includes a variant of premium support and a
Sens. Burr and Coburn: Text of Seniors’ Choice Act overview Today in TIE: Austin on docs and requests for non-beneficial treatment and a follow up,
This is a follow-up to my post earlier today. Consider two vignettes: A patient requests a treatment or diagnostic test from a physician. The physician
This caught my eye from The Economist: Barack Obama’s health-care reform of 2010 had many virtues, especially its attempt to make health insurance universal. But
Steal from the poor (the Public Health fund) to give to the poor (unemployment benefits extension) and also the rich (American physicians in the SGR
Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) today will announce their Medicare reform bill, The Seniors’ Choice Act. Avik Roy gave me the text
Big story in the WSJ, but I’m not surprised in the least. Three points: 1. Amazingly, the FDA has no public surveillance system for counterfeit
I’m leaving this morning for a long weekend skiing with my family. Since my Google Implant™ and Thought-Blogging Device™ didn’t get invented yet, it’s unlikely
I enjoyed Carl McDonald‘s presentation at the AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference, on Monday in Washington D.C. He analyzes the health care industry for Citi
In JAMA, Allan Brett and Laurence McCullough ask us to consider an insured man with new-onset low back pain and no findings suggesting a serious
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