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Maryland Experiments With Capping Hospital Spending
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid recently offered a waiver to Maryland in order to try to pursue their hospital payment model as a possible scenario for the rest of the nation. It is based upon their current model which … Continue reading
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Further Follow-Up On The New Anticoagulants
From the HeartWire there was further follow-up of prior data looking at Pradaxa (dabigatran) versus Coumadin (warfarin) in mechanical heart valve patients. It would appear for now at least that the traditional treatment of warfarin is still in the driver’s … Continue reading
Future Predictions for Healthcare in America
According to the recent Presidential vote, we as a nation do in fact wish to nationalize healthcare. We do believe that a larger federal government is the answer to our woes and finally, it is ok to ask for more … Continue reading
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Tagged AMA, doctor, doctor shortage, health, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare, Physicians, PPACA
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We Need To Rethink Hormone Replacement In Women
A recent Danish study shows that 10 years of hormone replacement started early in menopause significantly improved cardiovascular risk (50% reduction). A few years ago America was floored by the Women’s Health Initiative’s results which suggested no cardiovascular benefit and … Continue reading
“Get ready for a two-tier system of medical care”
As I explained in the Mediscare/Paul Ryan blog a couple of weeks ago, Medicare’s price-fixing has resulted in the Health Insurance industry indexing their prices to Medicare. Additionally, unrealistic demands by both are causing primary care doctors to just flat refuse to contract. The … Continue reading
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Tagged health care policy, Health Insurance, Medicare, payors, PPACA, price fixing
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