Research/Policy Issues
a special project of the
National Center for Policy Analysis
Health Policy Digest - August 26, 2008
August 26, 2008
John McCain's health care proposal would help rein in the nation's ballooning health care costs, says John Goodman...
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS/DALLAS MORNING NEWS
CONSUMERS KNOW THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR MARKET-BASED HEALTH CARE REFORM
A market-based solution to the health care crisis is a win/win/win, says Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute...
HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
Knowing a hospital's death rates give consumers more power to influence the quality of their medical care, says Lisa Iezzoni, associate director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Policy...
U.S. CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES/USA TODAY
Florida's "Empowered Care" pilot program might provide valuable lessons to reform other state Medicaid programs, say observers...
CAROLINA JOURNAL
The coming boom in medical travel could help both rich and poor, say observers...
THE ECONOMIST
TelaDoc Medical Services allows patients who are away from home to obtain less expensive and time-consuming treatment by contacting a local physician, rather than visiting an emergency room or expensive urgent care center, says health economist Devon Herrick...
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS