MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'american health care'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:12 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693504&cid=t_143626_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F21CAXYYz48I%2F After months of overseeing a series of controversial moves at the FDA press office, Beth Martino has resigned to take a job with the American Health Care Association as a public affairs advisor. Her departure caps a brief, but tumultuous reign for the 31-year-old former press aide to Kathleen Sebelius, the former Kansas governor who is now Department of Human Health & Services secretary. As much as she attempted to manage the news, Martino succeeded in making news herself. In December, her office purged a few senior specialists who are 50 years and older. Three staffers were let go and a fourth, career employee Donna Avallone, 62, was stripped of her title and reassigned by Carl Chitwood, a 37-year-old Martino appointee, although he later denied forcing anyone out of a job (back story... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693504 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:59:23 +0100 4693504 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3858159&cid=t_143626_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fleaving-the-organization-but-not-the-practice-of-medicine%2F2010.08.11 I confess ignorance. I know nothing about interviews with vampires. However, last week on my drive to a house call to see a sick patient, I experienced a sudden respect for author Anne Rice. I listened to a stranger completely off my radar screen being interviewed on NPR saying and making me feel the meaning of the phrase “Evil needs but one thing to grow. It is for good people to do nothing,” and reminding me that throughout history there have been numerous times where groups, organizations, and governments have acted even in ways that don’t represent our values or feel wrong minded or appear short sighted. This statement was her simple explanation for a recent blog posting announcing she was resigning from Christianity. She remained a believer in God and in Christ, but no long... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3858159 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:00:30 +0100 3858159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378457&cid=t_143626_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FpvbkCO_jQVY%2F By Michael F. CannonDavid Goldhill has done it again. You may recall his article, “How American Health Care Killed My Father,” from the September 2009 issue of The Atlantic. Now, at HuffingtonPost, he comments on the health care legislation that may soon face a final vote (of some sort) in the House: [C]ontinuing our Party’s almost unquestioned conflation of health insurance with health care, the central feature of the proposed “reform” is further extension of our flawed insurance-based system…[D]espite the Administration’s recent heated rhetoric, most of the entrenched health industry interests are quietly or openly in favor of this bill. Should the bill become law, I suspect we will look back at it as an industry bailout… How…can Dem... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378457 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:05:40 +0100 3378457 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302301&cid=t_143626_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUlrJncUoTZw%2F By Chris Moody How the stimulus raised unemployment. Price controls have failed in the past and there is no reason to think they will work now. So why is the president proposing price controls on health care? Michael Tanner: “Attempts to control prices by government fiat ignore basic economic laws — and the result could be disastrous for the American health-care system.” Does this federal government policy make me look fat? Be honest. (Yes). So, President Obama wants a presidential commission on the budget deficit. Isn’t that a little bit like W.C. Fields asking for a commission on sobriety? Podcast: “POTUS and Price Controls in Health Care” featuring Michael F. Cannon. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302301 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:56:20 +0100 3302301 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2908576&cid=t_143626_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fp0NQ9aR8HeM%2F Is it because health care is special?  Or is it because we have treated health care as though it were special? David Goldhill is the CEO of the Game Show Network and author of “How American Health Care Killed My Father,” in the September 2009 issue of The Atlantic. In this Cato video, Goldhill explains why a consumer-driven health care sector would never produce the often horrific problems we see in American medicine, and why the legislation moving through Congress fails to address those problems. See Goldhill’s complete remarks here. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2908576 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:00:50 +0100 2908576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2908577&cid=t_143626_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6rghE_Ypss8%2F Under new policy guidelines from the Obama administration, federal drug agents won’t pursue medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they follow state laws. Cato scholars have long called for drug policy reform, and have examined other drug decriminalization program that have shown tangible, positive results. Ignored by the media: Antarctic ice melt lowest ever measured. Obama visiting China in November to discuss expanding military agreements. Here’s what’s at stake. Video: Why American health care kills. Podcast: “Coerced into Medicare“ (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2908577 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:30:29 +0100 2908577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2842510&cid=t_143626_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FXwCYlh0LjLs%2F Not my father.  David Goldhill’s father. David Goldhill is a Democrat.  He is the president and CEO of the Game Show Network.  And he’ll be speaking on health care at a Cato Institute event on Capitol Hill this Thursday. Why would you want to hear the president of the Game Show Network discuss about health care reform? Because after Goldhill’s father succumbed to a hospital-acquired infection, Goldhill spent two years studying America’s health care sector.  The product of those efforts is “How American Health Care Killed My Father,” an article in this month’s issue of The Atlantic that bloggers have acclaimed as a “stemwinder” and “a fascinating read.” Goldhill analyzes why America’s health care sector is so dysfunctional and conc... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2842510 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:17:29 +0100 2842510 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2630052&cid=t_143626_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FPredUsOrAIQ%2F Sally C. Pipes understands Canadian health care. As the former assistant director of the free-market Fraser Institute, she lived under Canada’s national health care system and has researched it extensively. The Canadian experience with national health care has produced waiting lines, rationed care and has not produced the preventive and patient-focused care that it has promised, says Pipes, who is now president of the Pacific Research Institute and author of the new book, The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care. She spoke at the Cato Institute July 15, 2009. For market-based solutions to health care reform, visit Healthcare.Cato.org. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2630052 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:22:54 +0100 2630052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510379&cid=t_143626_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Femergency-room-waiting-times-increasing%2F Emergency Rooms account for nearly half of all hospital admissions so it’s not surprising that it turns into a waiting game for most patients. A new report released today by Press Ganey Associates has found that there has been a 27 minute increase in waiting time in ER nationwide since 2002. The report, ”2009 Emergency Department Pulse Report: Patient Perspectives on American Health Care”, which analysed the experiences of almost 1.4 million patients who were treated in 1,725 Emergency Departments during 2008. Interesting facts from the report include… South Dakota has the lowest total time spent in the emergency department (3 hours, 52 minutes) while Utah had the highest total time (6 hours, 48 minutes). Virginia patients spent 23 fewer minutes in the emergency department... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510379 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:44:40 +0100 2510379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473189&cid=t_143626_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FOVHZMzbFKSM%2F Will Obama Raise Middle-Class Taxes to Fund Health Care? President Obama is promoting an expansion in federal health care spending, and Democratic leaders are scrambling to find ways to pay for it. The plan is expected to cost about $1.5 trillion over the next decade, but the administration has promised that health care legislation won’t add to already huge federal budget deficits. In a new paper, Cato scholars Michael D. Tanner and Chris Edwards argue that expanding government health care will likely involve huge tax increases on the middle class. Tanner warns of “Obamacare” to come, saying that Obama’s new health care plan will give “government control over one-sixth of the U.S. economy, and over some of the most important, personal, and private decisions in Americans&#8217... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473189 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:17:08 +0100 2473189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441178&cid=t_143626_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fpp5du9uDC64%2F The New Republic’s Jonathan Cohn accuses Americans for Prosperity (AFP) of “lies” for running an ad that claims “Washington wants to bring Canadian-style healthcare to the U.S.” AFP’s ad is more defensible than Cohn’s criticisms of it. Cohn elides the question of whether Shana Holmes (the woman featured in the ad) was almost killed by Canada’s Medicare system.  For a supporter of single-payer like Cohn, that is tantamount to admitting that, yeah, socialized medicine sometimes kills people. Cohn argues that the ad is unfair because Canada has many advantages over the U.S. health care sector.  That may be true, but the ad doesn’t appear to defend American health care.  It merely says, “government should never come in between your family and your doctor” and “Don’... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441178 Thu, 28 May 2009 12:43:07 +0100 2441178 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1901307&cid=t_143626_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F10%2Fnew-england-journal-of-medicine-avoids.html The NEJM has an editorial out in which it claims to tackle the three "inconvenient truths" about health care. From the editorial: 1. Over the past 30 years, U.S. health care expenditures have grown 2.8% per annum faster, on average, than the rest of the economy. If this differential continues for another 30 years, health care expenditures will absorb 30% of the gross domestic product1 — a proportion that exceeds that of current government spending for all purposes combined...2. Advances in medicine are the main reason why health care spending has grown 2.8% per annum faster than the rest of the economy...3. Universal coverage requires subsidies for the poor and those too sick to afford insurance at an actuarially appropriate premium; it also requires compulsion for those who don't want t... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1901307 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:42:00 +0100 1901307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=888598&cid=t_143626_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fksdescartin.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F20%2Fan-evening-of-more-than-the-past-present-future-part-1%2F Yesterday, September 19th was the kick off for the series of lectures at the Continuing Studies program at Rice University. It was at Sewall Hall at the Rice Campus. Dr. Denton A. Cooley, the pioneer of human heart transplant in the United States, still observably sprightly at 87, was the lecturer for the day. He is currently president and surgeon-in-chief at the Texas Heart Institute; program director for the Texas Heart Institute/Baylor College of Medicine Thoracic Residency Program; and chief of cardiovascular surgery at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital. Here are some of my notes on this experience. Dr. Cooley, His Influences, and The People He Worked With He performed the first successful human heart transplant in the United States in 1968. In 1969, he became the first heart surgeon to ... the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=888598 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:25:33 +0100 888598 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=845769&cid=t_143626_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fksdescartin.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F05%2Fgrand-rounds-volume-3-number-50%2F Parallel Universes hosts this week’s virtual Grand Rounds. My post on Diversity was mentioned under Health News, Policies, Advice, & Products. Thanks, Dr. Emer! (Source: the story of healing) the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=845769 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:04:56 +0100 845769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=828154&cid=t_143626_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fksdescartin.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F28%2Fdiversity-a-happenstance-in-populations-an-evolution-in-means-of-providing-health%2F America’s ethnic composition is constantly changing. How does the health care delivery system adjust? The achievement of diversity is not purely a random event. Concerns exist and solutions are being developed. Can the challenge of caring for a diverse population be met by ensuring that the health care providers reflect the diversity of the population as a whole? Here’s Tamara E. Holmes’ eye-opening piece, Diversity in the workplace: Healthcare Industry Dives Deep Into Diversity: Diversity is an issue that all businesses must grapple with, but for healthcare companies, maintaining a diverse workforce takes on a whole new urgency. Today’s global society means patients that vary in gender, race, and creed are likely to pass through any healthcare organization’s... the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=828154 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:35:52 +0100 828154