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Health of U.S. Hospitals

Posted on May 09, 2008
Firedoglake posts an interesting piece on the state of our nation's hospitals and it isn't pretty. hospitals. Isaiah Poole writes, What I don't get is how all of McCain's free-market fundamentalism on health care is supposed to help make sure...

Elizabeth Edwards on Lack of Health Insurance in America

Posted on May 09, 2008
Thinkprogress has a great story on Elizabeth Edwards and her continued attempt to educate everyone about the need for health reform and greater access to health care for all Americans. The story includes testimony from her recent appearance before the...

Politics of Health Reform

Posted on May 08, 2008
Ezra Klein has a great piece entitled, "The Elusive Politics of Reform," and writes about the various options to reform our health care system. He starts with a brief statement on why the United States should be focused on reforming...

Who Uses the ER?

Posted on May 08, 2008
The New York Times reports today on a study showing that the overcrowding that occurs in emergency rooms does not result from an increasing number of insured patients. It is often said that emergency rooms are crowded because of the...

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McCain's Rhetoric on Health Care

Posted on May 07, 2008
The New York Times reports and critiques on McCain's discussion of the two Democratic presidential candidates. MIchael Cooper and Julie Bosman write, Senator John McCain has been repeatedly suggesting that his Democratic rivals are proposing a single-payer, or even a...

Bipolar Disorder Overdiagnosed

Posted on May 07, 2008
In a bit of a surprise, Eurekalert reports on a recent study by Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University researchers that bipolar disorder may be overdiagnosed by quite a lot (close to 50%). The study is published in the Journal...

Suregon's Criminal Case Continues

Posted on May 06, 2008
AmNews reports on the Dr. Roozrokh's criminal case. He is the surgeon who has been charged with several felonies after allegedly hastening a patient's death to obtain that patient's organs for transplantation. Bonnie Booth writes, A California Superior Court judge...

10 Million Children Worldwide Die from Lack of Health Care

Posted on May 06, 2008
My Way's Teresa Cerojano reports on the ten million children wordwide who die from lack of health care. She writes, More than 200 million children worldwide under age 5 do not get basic health care, leading to nearly 10 million...

Medical Debt

Posted on May 05, 2008
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports on the explosion of medical debt and how individuals are dealing with it. Peggy O'Farrell writes, Vicki Mauch had a choice after she lost her health insurance in December: Pay for her medicine or pay for...

Health Insurance Costs Up

Posted on May 05, 2008
The New York Times had a front page article yesterday on the high cost of health insurance and the fact that employers are covering less and less of these costs. Reed Abelson and Milt Freudenheim write, Many of the 158...

Affordable Dental Care

Posted on May 02, 2008
Matthew Yglesias writes at the Atlantic.com about the problem receiving dental care in this country and some new proposals to promote dental cleanings that have come under fire from dental groups. He states, Inability to afford basic dental services is...

Professor Elizabeth Warren on Health Care Insurance

Posted on May 02, 2008
Writing at TPM Cafe, Professor Elizabeth Warren writes about our complicated and bizarre health insurance stystem, . . . . But even those who have health insurance and can afford to pay are knocked around in a broken system. A...

U.S. Experiences Dramatic Increase in Measles Cases

Posted on May 01, 2008
The New York Times reports today on the increase in measles in the United States. The Times article states, The United States has had 64 cases of measles since January, the highest number reported for this time period since 2001,...

Ezra Klein on McCain's Health Plan and HSAs

Posted on May 01, 2008
Today, Ezra Klein provides some analysis of McCain's proposed health plan. He writes, . . . "I am convinced," said John McCain at Miami Children's Hospital, "that the wrong way to go is to turn over your lives to the...

McCain's Health Plan

Posted on April 30, 2008
USAToday runs a short story on McCain's proposed health care plan. David Jackson writes, McCain, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, wants everyone to get a tax credit to either buy insurance or offset the taxes on health care coverage obtained...

Future of Health Care Reform - The Lobbyists

Posted on April 30, 2008
Firedoglake reports on the latest survey completed by Columbia Journalism Review on the large amounts of money spent by health insurance companies to their lobbyists. Christie Hardin Smith writes, According to this CJR report, regarding a series of studies from...

The New Romance: Marrying for Health Insurance

Posted on April 29, 2008
Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows that approximately 7 percent of the population marries for health insurance. The LATimes reports further on their findings, Some people marry for love, some for companionship, and others for status or money. Now comes another...

Banning Medical Freebies

Posted on April 29, 2008
The New York Times yesterday reported that the Association of Medical Colleges has recommended a ban on free items, including food, gifts, trips, and "ghost-writing services" from pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers. Gardiner Harris writes The proposed ban is...

Reminder Text Messages to Teens for Meds

Posted on April 28, 2008
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports today on a new program by Cincinnati Children's Medical Center to help remind teenagers to take their medications - text messages. Peggy O'Farrell writes, Tylor Thomas, 16, has never counted how many text messages he gets...

Marijuana and Organ Transplants

Posted on April 28, 2008
The Associated Press reports on an individual in need of a liver transplant but who was refused one dur partially to the fact that he used marijuana legally. The AP states, Timothy Garon?s face and arms are hauntingly skeletal, but...

Abstinence-Only Debate

Posted on April 25, 2008
I am surprise there is much of a debate but apparently Congress is still wondering whether it is worth the many millions (ok, 1.3 billion and counting) dollars to continue to support abstinence-only sex education. The LA Times reports, Continued...

Genetic Discrimination Bill Passes Senate

Posted on April 25, 2008
The Genetic Information Anti-Discrimination Act (GINA) passed the Senate yesterday. The House is epxected to approved GINA quickly and President Bush has indicated he will sign it. The New York Times reports, People learning through genetic testing that they might...

Knowledge Concerning Medicare Part D's Cost Sharing

Posted on April 24, 2008
The Journal of the American Medical Association has posted the results of a recent study concerning the knowledge of Medicare Part D participants about various cost sharing aspects of this program. The abstract describes the study and the results, Design,...

Growing Heart Cells

Posted on April 24, 2008
National Public Radio's Morning Edition reported on a new development in the embryonic stem cell research arena. Here is a brief overview: A team of scientists in Canada has developed an efficient way to produce heart cells from human embryonic...

Preconception Diet and Sex of Baby

Posted on April 23, 2008
The Associated Press reports on a study completed in England showing that women may be able to influence their sex of their child through their preconception diet. CNN.com picks up the story and states, Women can influence the gender of...

Genetic Discrimination and Congress

Posted on April 23, 2008
The New York Times reports today on Congress' efforts to confront genetic discrimination. Andrew Pollack reports, Congress reached an agreement clearing the way for a bill to prohibit discrimination by employers and health insurers on the basis of genetic tests...

Growing Body Parts

Posted on April 23, 2008
In Slate.com, William Saleton reports on the latest military advance - growing body parts. He writes, The regeneration of lost body parts has just moved from science fiction to U.S. military policy. Yesterday the Department of Defense announced the creation...

Life Expectancy Drops for American Women

Posted on April 22, 2008
The Washington Post reports today on an unexpected drop in American women's life expectancy in a study conducted by PLoS Medicine. The study also shows a smaller decline in life expectancy for men as well. David Brown writes, For the...

Illinois Court Rules on Sterilization of Mentally Disabled Woman

Posted on April 21, 2008
The Chicago Tribune reports on a recent decision by the Illinois Appellate Court that denied a request to sterilize a mentally disabled woman against her will. Michael Higgins writing for the Tribune states, Disability rights advocates and medical ethicists praised...

Health Care Stories

Posted on April 21, 2008
RoCali at Daily Kos shares his health care story and asks that others write in to share their stories as well. The goal is to educate those individuals who still seem to believe that people without health insurance or who...

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