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California’s Largest Insurer Delays Rate Hikes
The ACA is essentially a year old this week. Californians should be…
Medical Device Approval Process is Faulted in Study
More than 70% of all medical devices that have been recalled by…
Death Panels Everyone Can Live With
Chief among Sarah Palin’s assaults on truth and reason is her contention…
Do We Want Income Equality?
I can’t think of any single act of government that creates more…
Medicare Advantage Premiums
In 2010, one quarter of Medicare beneficiaries chose capitated plans through the…
Hospital in Japan Struggling To Care for Patients
Fish are still swimming in the flooded basement and there’s only 2…
Primary Care Workforce Situation: Not Hopeless
I sometimes observe that the only sector of the economy as messed…
Getting Nurse Staffing Right Is Critical
When I was the CEO of a large academic hospital we were…
Kinect Technology Saves Having to Rescrub!
No this not using Kinect to do the surgery, but rather to…
Increasing Hospital Risks
There are a couple of increasing risks for hospital worthy of some…