by Rick Ray | Aug 21, 2008 | Learn
The Commonwealth Fund has published their analysis of the impact of medical bills and accumulated medical debt. Here’s their overview of the publication: Analysis of the 2007 Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey finds the proportion of working-age...
by Rick Ray | Aug 18, 2008 | Learn
The state of Oregon has made available to the public a comparison of the costs of some common health care procedures. Here’s the introductory blurb from the Oregon Health Policy and Research web site: Governor Kulongoski has made health care accessibility and...
by Rick Ray | Jul 14, 2008 | Learn
The New York Times recently reported on the 20 million (out of 47 million) unisured Americans who work for small businesses. Here as excerpt: As the number of people without health insurance continues to rise, many states and Congress have begun to focus on one of the...
by Rick Ray | Jul 2, 2008 | Learn
Today’s Oregonian has a story by Bill Graves about the continued dramatic rise in health insurance premiums. It begins: A 26 percent rate increase by Oregon’s largest health insurer underscores the need to overhaul the state’s health system and bring...
by Rick Ray | Jun 19, 2008 | Learn
An article in today’s NY Times points out that when it comes to electronic health records we have far to go despite the benefits. Here’s an excerpt: A government-sponsored survey of the use of computerized patient records by doctors points to two seemingly...
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