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Health Policy Digest - September 23, 2008
September 23, 2008
A FRAMEWORK FOR MEDICARE REFORM
To reform Medicare, three fundamental reforms need to occur, says John C. Goodman...
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS
Employers should be encouraged to automatically enroll their employees in a health savings account, says John C. Goodman...
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS
E.R. PATIENTS OFTEN LEFT CONFUSED AFTER VISITS
Many emergency room patients are discharged without understanding how to care for themselves once they get home, say researchers...
ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE/NEW YORK TIMES
ANOTHER BENEFIT OF HEALTH: WEALTH
Obese people spend a third more than fit people on health services and three-quarters more on medications, say observers...
TIME MAGAZINE
CANDIDATES' HEALTH PLANS UNLIKELY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
The health reforms of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama will not solve the current and future problems of the health care system, say analysts...
HEALTH AFFAIRS/DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Drug resistance is due in large part to antimicrobial drug misuse, say researchers...
RAND CORPORATION