Health Policy Digest - November 4, 2008

November 04, 2008

U.S. INSURERS CONSIDER SENDING PATIENTS OVERSEAS FOR CHEAPER TREATMENT

Some 750,000 Americans traveled abroad for medical care in 2007, according to a new report by the Deloitte Center for Health...

AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

CLARIFYING THE McCAIN HEALTH PLAN

McCain's health tax credit is larger than the current tax subsidy for insurance...

WALL STREET JOURNAL

MENTAL HEALTH PARITY PROVISION OPENS A PANDORA'S BOX

The mental health parity provision in the Wall Street/bank bailout bill should be reversed or modified to apply to severe disorders, say two psychologists...

BALTIMORE SUN

ARE YOU PAYING TOO MUCH FOR HEALTH INSURANCE?

The average premium for family coverage has increased 119 percent since 1999...

FORBES

AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE

One-in-three Canadian physicians sends a patient to the United States for treatment each year...

TOWNHALL.COM/FRASER INSTITUTE/CATO INSTITUTE

WOMEN BUYING HEALTH POLICIES PAY A PENALTY

Women pay more for the same health insurance coverage than men do, but the higher cost is because women use more health care services than men do, say insurers...

NEW YORK TIMES