March 6, 2010

Health Care Costs Could be Reduced by Charging Less for More Effective Treatments

Value-based insurance design (VBID) in which consumer payments are waived for highly effective treatments, but are raised for less effective ones, could

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Obama Woos Wavering Lawmakers on Health Overhaul Bill

An all-out campaign was waged Thursday by US President Barack Obama to drive his historic health care overhaul through Congress, wooing wavering lawmakers

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February 9, 2010

Medicare Reimbursement Change Does Not Have the Desired Effect

Medicare payments to physicians for outpatient surgeries for bladder cancer have hit the roof and this has caused a surge in the number of such procedures

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Burden on Health Services Eased by Cartilage Repair

As average life expectancy increases, osteoarthritis (OA), which is one of the ten most disabling diseases in the developed world, is set to become more of a financial burden on health services.

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January 20, 2010

Global Health Goals may be Achieved by Strengthening National Health Systems

The ways in which global health institutions and arrangements are changing and evolving has been examined in IPLoS Medicine/I, which has published

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More Efficient, Affordable Health Care for New Orleans Safety-net Clinic Patients

Despite being disproportionately low-income and uninsured, patients had fewer problems affording care and fewer instances of medical debt and inefficient care than most U.

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Role for Palliative Care in Health-care Reform is Vital, Roundtable Discussion Highlights

The unparalleled opportunities that now exist for the palliative care community were explored by opinion leaders in the field of palliative medicine.

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Study Finds Cost of Psoriasis Treatments Outpace Inflation

A report in the January issue of IArchives of Dermatology/I, one of the JAMA/Archives journals says that findings from a cost model suggest that expenses

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January 10, 2010

Health Reform Bill Must Help Ensure Supply of Primary-care Physicians, ACP Tells Congress

A letter sent by the American College of Physicians (ACP) to key legislators has urged them to ensure that the final health care reform bill includes provisions to support the primary care workforce.

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December 30, 2009

Many Indian Companies Offer Health Cover to Attract Employees

A survey by Watson Wyatt, a global consultancy firm, has found that many Indian companies are offering health coverage to employees in order to retain them.

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