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Surrounded by healthcare slippery slopes
Two bits of journalism caught my eye over the weekend, both for the wrong reasons. The first, in my hometown Los Angeles Times , noted there is a "global" push for universal healthcare...
Many firms support universal coverage
A sizable number of employers favor a universal healthcare system and want far more transparency from hospitals and physicians, concludes a new survey by United Benefit Advisors. According to the
Does Massachusetts represent the country's future?
The Massachusetts Medical Society last week released its annual Physician Workforce Study, revealing a fifth straight year of primary-care shortages in the state. Four years after requiring all
Wisconsin universal healthcare rumor unfounded
As Wisconsin governor Jim Doyle announced his newly created Office of Health Care Reform as part of the state's pending healthcare legislation, the Associated Press obtained a memo that indicated the
CBO estimates 23 million will remain uninsured after health reform
Although the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the healthcare overhaul will eventually cover 32 million more Americans, it admits that about 23 million people will still be left out of
Study: Delays in getting doctor's appointments growing
A new study by Merritt Hawkins and Associates has underlined that the doctor shortage blossoming in this country is beginning to have immediate consequences. The study concludes that appointment wait
Obama reforms may be slowed by doctor shortages
A few years ago, when Massachusetts first got rolling on its health reform plan, observers began to notice something odd. Once you got everyone insured, they all needed doctors. And once everyone had
SEC backs universal health insurance ballot measure
While most of the discussion of universal healthcare coverage takes place outside of the corporate arena, some activist shareholders may have succeeded in forcing the discussion into stockholder
Survey: Universal healthcare would boost MD shortage
When it comes to universal healthcare coverage, it would appear that a significant minority of physicians find the idea to be intolerable, according to a new survey. The survey, by physician
Primary care shortage blocks healthcare reform
By the year 2020, the nation will need 140,000 family physicians--a 40 percent increase over what was needed two years ago--according to the American Academy of Family Physician's 2006 Physician
