Health Policy Digest - November 25, 2008

November 25, 2008

TO HAVE GARDASIL AND HAVE NOT

Making Gardasil available and affordable around the world is the most important public health initiative we can take regarding this potentially life-saving vaccine, says Elizabeth Wade...

AMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTH

BRITISH EXPERTS REJECT CHANGE TO ORGAN DONATION

There are currently 8,000 people waiting for organ transplants in the United Kingdom, however, in the past year, about 3,000 received transplants but another 1,000 on the waiting list died...

ORGAN DONATION TASK FORCE/ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOUISIANA GOV. JINDAL UNVEILS MEDICAID OVERHAUL PLAN

Louisiana's Medicaid program is projected to account for at least 21 percent of the state's general fund budget by 2011, according to Gov. Bobby Jindal (R)...

KAISERNETWORK.ORG

THE COST OF DIABETES

Diabetes costs the United States $218 billion, according to a new study by the Lewin Group...

ASSOCIATED PRESS

AMERICANS WANT FREE CHOICE IN HEALTH CARE

The biggest problem with Canadian-style health care is the wait; for office visits, diagnostic tests, lab work, even surgeries, says Devon Herrick, a health economist...

NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS/TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT

THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW -- ONLINE

American Well aims to reinvent the house call...

NEW YORK TIMES