The Latest Health Wonk Review Is Up

Over at the Disease Management Care Blog , Jaan Sidorov hosts an Avatar-themed edition of the Health Wonk Review . Check it out for the best in recent health policy blogging. Copyright
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hospicedave (David Stone) : End-Of-Life Savings: The ?Fool?s Gold? Of Reform? ? Health Affairs Blog - http://ow.ly/2iS6p.. Updated : 2010-07-31T20:35:04Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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ricell (Richard Ellison) : RT @Health_Affairs: Blog: Changing The Name ? But Not The Political Game http://bit.ly/9rvGr2.. Updated : 2010-07-31T15:55:10Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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bwchealth (Benjamin Chee) : Implementing Health Reform: Pre-Existing Condition Coverage ... http://bit.ly/c0oyf8.. Updated : 2010-07-31T15:15:22Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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Fierce_Moderate (H. Eugene Good) : RT @DrDavidBallard: Implementing Health Reform: Pre-Existing Condition Coverage (@Health_Affairs Blog) http://bit.ly/9vwSkr #hcr.. Updated : 2010-07-31T14:30:04Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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msumia (Md. Suja Uddin Mia) : Implementing Health Reform: Pre-Existing Condition Coverage ...: Editor's Note: Earlier posts by Timothy Jost prov... http://bit.ly/ciNwb9.. Updated : 2010-07-31T13:53:01Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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Global Drug Discovery: Europe Is Ahead
[Health]A comprehensive data set of all new chemical entities approved between 1982 and 2003 shows that the United States never overtook Europe in research productivity, and that Europe in fact is pulling ahead of U.S. productivity. Other large studies show that most new drugs add few if any clinical benefits over previously discovered drugs.
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Phantoms In The Snow: Canadians' Use Of Health Care Services
[Health]Canadians who use medical services in the USA turn out to be mostly vacationers or on business trips. The "medicare refugees" myth actually originated in Canada itself, among opponents of Canada's existing healthcare system, and is only being parroted by opponents of public healthcare in the States.
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Costs to Physicians To Interact With Health Insurance Plans
[Health]Physicians have long expressed dissatisfaction with the time they and their staffs spend interacting with health plans. However, little information exists about the extent of these interactions. We conducted a national survey on this subject of physicians and practice administrators.
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Propaganda And Prejudice Distort The Health Reform Debate
[Political Opinion]. If Medicare-for-all gets “on the table” before the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees, the CBO must report its vast savings and its greater efficiency and effectiveness compared with more expensive alternatives. Only by censorship — only by treating Medicare-for-all as nonexistent — can lesser alternatives be discussed with a stra...
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Phantoms In The Snow: Canadians' Use Of Health Care Services
[Political News]Time to bring this study back out given that the "Canadians don't like their system and flock to the U.S. for medical care myth" is resurfacing.



















