Research/Policy Issues
Health Policy Digest - July 8, 2008
July 08, 2008
WHO WILL PROVIDE CARE AS THE END OF LIFE NEARS?
Along with Social Security and Medicare, long-term care is the third leg on the retirement security stool, say observers...
FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
MERGER CREATES MAMMOTH ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION DATA NETWORK
The merger of the two largest electronic prescription networks in the United States should greatly benefit both patients and doctors, say observers...
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANLAYSIS/E-COMMERCE TIMES
Complex dental work like crowns, bridges and dentures has fallen by 57 percent in Great Britain's government-run health care system...
SKY NEWS, UK
Should Germany follow the example of Switzerland, where liberal laws on euthanasia have led to a bustling trade in assisted suicide?...
NEW YORK TIMES
CANADA'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM -- POOR VALUE FOR YOUR TAX DOLLARS
In 2007, waiting lists for access to health care in Canada reached a new all-time high of 18.3 weeks from a general practitioner referral to treatment by a specialist...
FRASER INSTITUTE