Getting Better Health Care – Armageddon Medicine, How to Be Your Own Doctor
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The medical care system functions very well on a day-to-day basis. Sure, it has its warts, but far more often…
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Getting Better Health Care – Online doctor rating
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Controversy about online doctor ratings abounds. Some doctors fear that disgruntled patients will make doctors look bad with no recourse…
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Getting Better Health Care – Working with a patient advocate (part 2)
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A trusted patient advocate can help people manage the complexities of our health care system. Anne Llewellyn, Editor in Chief…
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Getting Better Health Care – Working with a patient advocate (part 1)
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A trusted patient advocate can help people manage the complexities of our health care system. Anne Llewellyn, Editor in Chief…
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Getting Better Health Care – How basic economics informs solutions for the health care crisis
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The basic principles of economics explain why our health care system is in distress. Insurance, tax laws, and lack of…
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Getting Better Health Care – Basic economics of health care
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The basic principles of economics apply to all sorts of systems and decisions, including those of our health care system….
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Getting Better Health Care – The Physicians’ Declaration of Independence
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The U.S. medical system is characterized by a host of financial arrangements—Medicare, Medicaid, HMO’s and various other forms of insurance—that…
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Getting Better Health Care – Socialized medicine may not be the best solution
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Can top-down solutions—like the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)— solve the problems in the U.S. medical care system?…
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Getting Better Health Care – The Heart of the U.S. Medical Care Problem
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Medical care quality is not good enough. Medical care costs are too high. What’s wrong with the system? On this…
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Getting Better Health Care – The economics of health care
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Economic forces drive behavior in the general economy. These same forces affect how health care is delivered, except in health…