Tuesday, May 25, 2010

PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN SHORTAGES

Health Issues

CRITICAL CONDITION: PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN SHORTAGES

The United States is facing a severe shortage of primary care physicians that will only worsen in coming years. Using other medical personnel to free doctors from routine tasks might allow physicians to concentrate on those medical tasks for which they are uniquely qualified, says Devon M. Herrick, a senior fellow with the NCPA...

NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS

Gee, I wonder if the fact that "barry" is going to tell the doctors what to charge, what they can and cannot do would have anything to do with a lack of doctors..  gb

Health Issues

A FUTURE FOR CONSUMER DIRECTED HEALTH PLANS?

Every study has shown that health savings accounts (HSAs) and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) are effective ways of controlling health care costs, says John C. Goodman, President, CEO and the Kellye Wright Fellow of the National Center for Policy Analysis...

NATIONAL JOURNAL EXPERTS BLOG

Health Issues

OBAMACARE'S PRICE CONTROLS THREATEN HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS

Health savings accounts allow young and healthy consumers to avoid the raw deal that ObamaCare offers them, says Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies with the Cato Institute...

CATO INSTITUTE

Health Issues

HEALTH LAW COULD MEAN PENALTIES FOR ONE IN THREE EMPLOYERS

About one third of employers subject to major requirements of ObamaCare may face tax penalties because they offer health insurance that could be considered unaffordable to some employees...

MEDICAL NEWS/NEW YORK TIMES/NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS

Health Issues

DOCTORS' MEDICARE PAYOUTS TO BE CUT 21 PERCENT JUNE 1

Cuts to the Medicare reimbursement system could cause doctors to drop some of the 43 million Americans who are covered under the government health care program...

CNNMONEY.COM

State and Local Issues

CULTURE VULTURES

New York City's taxpayer-funded museums and cultural attractions suffered their worst economic crisis in decades, but still paid executives fat salaries and bonuses -- and doled out perks like housing allowances and club memberships, say observers...

NEW YORK POST

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