By MERRILL MATTHEWS AND MARK LITOW Almost all discussions about Medicare reform ignore one key factor: Medicare utilization is roughly 50% higher than private health-insurance utilization, even after adjusting for age and medical conditions. In other words, given two patients with similar health-care needs—one a Medicare beneficiary over age 65, the other an individual under... Read more
Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
Why Medicare Patients See the Doctor Too Much
July 15 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Health, ObamaCareThe Other Medicare Cutters
April 20 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Health, ObamaCareThe Other Medicare Cutters – WSJ.com. What am I missing? = The debate over Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform ideas has largely been healthy, even amid the liberal distortions. But why has there been so little scrutiny of President Obama’s new Medicare proposal? Anyone worrying about more individual choice and responsibility in health care might be interested to learn that... Read more
ObamaCare Opt Out
April 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Health, ObamaCareReview & Outlook: ObamaCare Opt Out – WSJ.com. As a former corn trader I once worked with has state: “They’ re stupid.” === It’s not often that states turn their back on money from Washington, but at least two states may say no thanks to federal grants to implement the new federal health-care law. In February the federal Department of Health and... Read more
Delivery from shame
April 12 | Posted by mrossol | Health, Philosophy, Religious PersecutionWORLD Magazine | Delivery from shame | Emily Belz | Apr 23, 11. I would be interested in hearing about Muslim doctors who help these women. ===== When women arrive at the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, they usually reek of urine and feces. Often they have walked many miles and their husbands have abandoned them as social outcasts. Common in countries... Read more
Obama to Set New Calorie Count Rules
April 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Health, Obama, Politically correctObama to Set New Calorie Count Rules – WSJ.com. Oh, Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Will there be a checkbox on my Federal Income Tax form next year so I can voluntarily donate and help the government save us from ourselves? Please say “Yes!”
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