October 28, 2008

HEALTH CARE SHOULD NOT BE LINKED TO EMPLOYMENT

An end to employer-based health insurance is exactly what the American health care market needs, say observers...

BOSTON GLOBE

HOW OBAMA WOULD STIFLE DRUG INNOVATION

The high price of developing specialty drugs distorts future investment decisions, says Dr. Scott Gottlieb...

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE/WALL STREET JOURNAL

ADVANCING HEALTH CARE

Liability is a big reason that an estimated 93 percent of doctors are engaging in $210 billion worth of defensive medicine per year, says R. Bruce Josten...

U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE/POLITICO.COM

GOOD HEALTH EQUALS BETTER GRADES

There is a clear connection between student health and academic success, say researchers...

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA/MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE

DEBUNKING MYTHS OF ERS

A higher proportion of patients with public insurance, such as Medicaid and Medicare, use emergency departments more than the uninsured, say researchers...

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION/USA TODAY

HEALTH CARE FIXES: PLAN VS. PLAN

Under Sen. John McCain's health care plan, among families making between $100,000 and $149,000 annually, 38 percent would save more than $2,500 a year on health costs...

WALL STREET JOURNAL