Research/Policy Issues
Health Policy Digest - July 1, 2008
July 01, 2008
The disconnect between patients and costs has led to a dramatic increase in public health care spending, says John C. Goodman...
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS/HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
Why shouldn't patients in the United Kingdom's government-run health care top up the treatment they get free?...
THE GUARDIAN
WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THE MEDICARE SHOWDOWN
Medicare Advantage plans are valuable to consumers and offer promising advantages, says Scott Gottlieb...
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE/WALL STREET JOURNAL
More than half (62 percent) of all medicines bought on-line were fakes, according to report...
EUROPEAN ALLIANCE FOR ACCESS TO SAFE MEDICINE/AMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTH
BRITAIN'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM COSTS PATIENTS AND BUSINESSES BILLIONS
Great Britain's government-run health care system is having a negative effect on the British economy, says Krystle Russin...
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS/HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
DISEASES PLAGUING POORER NATIONS INFECT GROWING NUMBERS IN U.S.
Preventable diseases commonly seen among impoverished people in third-world countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are infecting millions of U.S. residents...
BLOOMBERG.COM