Nope, Government Health Insurance Isn't Costlier Due To The Deadweight Loss ...
Forbes
In his comment on my post responding to Sally Pipes' original post on the relative costs of employment- and government-sponsored health insurance, fellow economist Chris Conover alerts us to the idea that raising taxes causes a so-called “deadweight loss.
Health care costs driven by facilities more than doctors.
The Tennessean
Many are paying a greater portion of their health care costs. As they become more cost-conscious, they can start to weigh in on where they go to get certain procedures. “I do think that physician-patient relationship is very important,” said Doug ...
Why the Good News for Retiree Health Care May Not Last
TIME
The question now: How long can the good news persist? Worries about Medicare's long-range financial health persist, but for now persistent low healthcare cost inflation will translate into a monthly premium of $104.90 next year for Part B (outpatient ...
Obama signs VA bill: Some vets to get health care from private docs; other ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Expanding the VA staff by hiring thousands of doctors, nurses and mental health counselors — another key component of the law — will take months to get underway and years to complete, VA officials said. Opening 27 new clinics across the country will ...
Reuters
Exclusive: Liberia health system collapsing as Ebola spreads
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The health care system in Liberia is collapsing, hospitals closing down and medical workers fleeing from the Ebola epidemic, which is poised to worsen, Liberia's foreign minister said on Thursday. “People are ...
Major Provisions of Veterans Health Care Law
ABC News
A law signed Thursday by President Barack Obama aims to alleviate delays many veterans have faced in getting treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics and end the widespread practice of covering up long wait times for appointments.
DAILY DOSE: Obama gives vets' health care a boost
The Tennessean
Tons of interesting items come across my desk each day, and I want to get it to you in the most convenient way possible. We decided to try a morning health care newsletter – which is what this is. It will be less formal than standard articles and will ...
NPR
Electronic health records were supposed to be everywhere this year. They're ...
Washington Post (blog)
Welcome to Health Reform Watch, Jason Millman's regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American health-care system — and being changed by it. You can reach Jason with questions, comments and suggestions here. Check back every ...
Retirement Health-Care Costs: The Swing FactorsMorningstar.com
Is your gym a health risk?
WTNH
The News 8 Investigators swabbed gym equipment in Hamden, Branford, Orange and Wallingford. Tonight at 11 p.m. on News 8 find out the test results and what's lurking at local gyms and we also take a look at what the Department of Public Health found.
USA TODAY
Obama signs veterans health care bill
USA TODAY
The job of improving veterans' health care does not end with a bill signing, Obama said. "Implementing this law will take time," Obama said, and making sure it works will require "focus from all of us." Congress passed the legislation with bipartisan ...
Obama Signs Veterans' Health Care OverhaulABC News
President Barack Obama to sign health care overhaul bill for veterans at Fort ...WJLA
Obama to sign revised veteran health care bill into lawNew York Post