Category: Interesting Links
Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen
HealthCare.gov is still missing massive, critical pieces…the system’s “back end” is a tangle of technical workarounds moving billions of taxpayer dollars and consumer-paid premiums between the government and insurers.
Measles making a comeback: Anti-vaccine activism to blame.
Panel: Federal policies to reward high-quality health care are unfairly penalizing doctors and hospitals that treat large numbers of poor people.
Hits and Misses
Three more states — Connecticut, Nebraska and New York — are in the process of allowing nurse practitioners to work without oversight from a doctor, in an effort to alleviate physician shortages.
Tom Sargent summarizes economics in 335 words. Or is it 297 words?
eHealth, Inc., an online insurance broker, is ObamaCare’s biggest winner.
Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen
Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen
Are serving sizes on food packages intentional attempts to mislead us? No, they are dictated by the government.
Medicare kept paying dozens of doctors after they were suspended or terminated from state Medicaid programs or were indicted or charged with fraud.
Terminal cancer patients in Russia are sent home to die; can’t get pain medication; some are committing suicide. (HT: Jason Shafrin)