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- The Supreme Court’s Decision and its Impact on Health Care Reform
- Huge subsidy funding discrepancy in President’s budget proposal
- Congress fails once again to fix the SGR formula
- Defensive medicine among orthopedic surgeons costs US $2 billion
- Catholic bishops call HHS new rule “literally unconscionable”
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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Is Rationing of Health Care Ethical?
A recent New York Times article entitled “New Kidney Transplant Policy Would Favor Younger Patients” references a proposal being considered by the nation’s organ transplant network to allocate organs in an alternative manner than the present first-come-first-served system. The article … Continue reading
Posted in End-of-life, Health reform, Patients, Quality of Care
Tagged healthcare, kidney, rationing, transplant, UNOS
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Health Care Repeal Vote Followed the Money
The [Senate] collectively voted in alignment with their monied interests as much as along party lines. Continue reading
Posted in Health reform
Tagged Baby-boomers, cancer, drugs, health care providers, health reform, healthcare, kidney, Medicaid, Medical insurance, Medicare, rationing
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