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The view from here: Health care opinion survey results
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The view from here. Observation and comment - entirely my own opinions - on things that just might matter to providers and patients of home health care. Thursday, October 19, 2006. Health care opinion survey results. Kaiser, ABC, and. So the system starts out with few friends. From there, things get more complicated. Nearly 90% are satisfied with the quality of care. Received. Nearly 60% are satisfied with their costs. In other words, Americans believe. In the last year. As for what's driving all these h...
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The view from here: Community rating for health insurance
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The view from here. Observation and comment - entirely my own opinions - on things that just might matter to providers and patients of home health care. Thursday, January 11, 2007. Community rating for health insurance. Over at TNR, Jonathan Cohn suggests that it's not that simple. In fact, his guess is that special interests will fight just as hard to kill. Plan, no matter what we do to try to get them on board:. I might be wrong about that. Insurance company managers are clever folks, after all, an...
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The view from here: Somehow, I'm skeptical of this HMO report
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The view from here. Observation and comment - entirely my own opinions - on things that just might matter to providers and patients of home health care. Monday, November 13, 2006. Somehow, I'm skeptical of this HMO report. Hey, I'm just asking. For more background on the research:. Read this Medical News Today. Posted by Russell King @ 1:13 PM. View my complete profile.
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The view from here: The human cost of the "market"
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The view from here. Observation and comment - entirely my own opinions - on things that just might matter to providers and patients of home health care. Thursday, January 11, 2007. The human cost of the "market". Continuing her wonderful work exposing atrocious insurer practices in the. Has a great piece. Detailing yet another tragic absurdity: In California, insurers will. Last week, at the age of 52, her heart failed her. Posted by Russell King @ 8:55 AM. View my complete profile.
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The view from here: Moral hazard theory debunked
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The view from here. Observation and comment - entirely my own opinions - on things that just might matter to providers and patients of home health care. Monday, November 13, 2006. Moral hazard theory debunked. Most current health care policy- and health plan benefit structure- is based on the assumption that consumers will over-utilize health care services if there's no financial penalty for doing so. Economists call this notion the theory of "moral hazard." But New Yorker. View my complete profile.
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The view from here: I like this guy!
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The view from here. Observation and comment - entirely my own opinions - on things that just might matter to providers and patients of home health care. Monday, November 13, 2006. I like this guy! Posted by Russell King @ 12:25 PM. View my complete profile.
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The view from here: Killing the Frankenstein veto
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The view from here. Observation and comment - entirely my own opinions - on things that just might matter to providers and patients of home health care. Tuesday, June 26, 2007. Killing the Frankenstein veto. I've hated the line-item veto from the start, especially so a few years ago when we the people of Wisconsin had to go to extreme measures to stop Tommy Thompson's abusive Vanna White veto, so I'm no fan of Governor Doyle's Frankenstein veto. I'd like to see it die. The proposed amendment also would n...
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The view from here: Dems Expected to Produce Health Care Reform
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The view from here. Observation and comment - entirely my own opinions - on things that just might matter to providers and patients of home health care. Thursday, January 11, 2007. Dems Expected to Produce Health Care Reform. Few domestic priorities facing congressional Democrats generate more concern among voters than health care reform, and the challenge is aptly encapsulated in the title of Ezra Klein's op-ed in the. The public desire for change in the health care arena is so strong that policy-makers...
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The view from here: Pandemic flu prep goes grassroots
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The view from here. Observation and comment - entirely my own opinions - on things that just might matter to providers and patients of home health care. Friday, April 20, 2007. Pandemic flu prep goes grassroots. Governmental plans for an influenza pandemic are missing an important opportunity to improve US preparedness, according to two new reports: They are not reaching out to communities and grass-roots groups that could refine plan details and increase public support. Was published Apr 4 by the Center...
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The view from here: Insurers hit record profits (what's in YOUR wallet?)
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The view from here. Observation and comment - entirely my own opinions - on things that just might matter to providers and patients of home health care. Thursday, October 19, 2006. Insurers hit record profits (what's in YOUR wallet? The story goes that insurers, especially medical malpractice insurers, are charging increasingly higher rates because of too many lawsuits and too many fraudulent claims. Well, as is pointed out in this post. Link to full Center for Justice and Democracy piece. Even in light ...
