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Health care: single-payerI support single-payer health care (private model - US model).
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Senate Expected To Vote Friday On Single-Payer Health Care
Preliminary Debate And Vote Set To Take Place MONTPELIER, Vt. - The Vermont Senate is expected to discuss and vote on an historic health care bill that would effectively create the path towards a single-payer system. All Vermonters would be eligible under the tax-payer funded plan. Supporters also say it will be cheaper than the current system because it is more efficient. "We estimate we can save $500 million, and that's a conservative estimate," said Sen. Claire Ayer. By Randy Gyllenhaal Read more: WPTZ Plattsburgh (April 21, 2011)
Controversy Over Canadian Health-Care System
The Canadian health-care system is facing many controversies from sectors in the country. Economists believe that co-ordinating and mobilizing health-care businesses could improve the efficiency of the system. Such practices will also contribute towards the employment and economic growth. The small health related businesses have lack of co-ordination between them because of which the patients suffer a lot. These small businesses include; pharmacies, clinics, nursing homes, optometrists and dentists. These businesses also have an impact on patient care. By Annabel Tautou Read more: ...
U.S. healthcare diagnose
Universal health insurance is on the American policy agenda for the fifth time since World War II. In the 1960s, the U.S. chose public coverage for only the elderly and the very poor, while Canada opted for a universal program for hospitals and physicians\' services. As a policy analyst, I know there are lessons to be learned from studying the effect of different approaches in similar jurisdictions. But, as a Canadian with lots of American friends and relatives, I am saddened that Americans seem incapable of learning them. We peacefully share a continent, a British heritage of representative ...
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HIMSS 2014: HIT Progress – a Cure for Cynicism? by Deb Wells, MS, CPHIMS Deb Wells is an IT Strategy Consultant at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She recently completed an e-health strategy for the organization and assisted in drafting the enterprise IT strategy. Currently, she is leading a … Continue reading → |
How Will Immigration Reform Impact the Medicare Trust Fund? Immigration reform that provides legal status and earned citizenship to undocumented immigrants would extend the solvency of the Medicare trust fund by four years and provide a net contribution to the trust fund for the next three decades. |
Are Provider Assumptions Hindering Health Innovation? by Susan Dentzer, Senior Policy Adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health IT innovation could meaningfully improve patient care, if innovators focused more attention on one reality: Patients don’t always want what healthcare providers offer them. We know from … Continue reading → |
Harnessing Passion, a Usability Survey, and a Brief Mention of Britney Spears I started working for HIMSS as a market research associate back in the heady days of 2004. Back when Facebook was just starting to give Harvard network administrators headaches and the love between Britney and KFed was burning bright. In … Continue reading → |
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