Research/Policy Issues
Health Policy Digest - June 10, 2008
June 10, 2008
Since 2005, the Food and Drug Administration has approved only 18 new cancer drugs, says Catherine Arnst...
BUSINESSWEEK
HOSPITALS PUT PATIENT'S DEBTS UP FOR AUCTION
In 2006, nearly 5,000 community hospitals provided uncompensated care totaling $31.2 billion -- mostly unpaid patient bills or charity care, say observers...
WALL STREET JOURNAL
CONNED OUT OF HEALTH CHOICES IN FLORIDA
Certificate of Need laws undermine the competition and innovation that Americans deserve with their health care, says David Gratzner...
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE/INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
MORE BLACKS THAN WHITES MUST LOSE A LEG TO DIABETES
Across the United States, the rate of leg amputation is four times greater among black Medicare recipients than white, according to researchers...
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE/USA TODAY
Sacramento should look to Florida and even New Jersey, which point the way to substantially reducing health insurance costs with a more market-based approach, say observers...
APPEAL-DEMOCRAT (NORTHERN CALIFORNIA)
NONPROFIT HOSPITALS, ONCE FOR THE POOR, STRIKE IT RICH
Nonprofit hospitals receive $12.6 billion in annual tax exemptions, on top of the $32 billion in federal, state and local subsidies the hospital industry as a whole receives each year, say observers...
WALL STREET JOURNAL