by francine
06.04.2010
It’s amazing how health care reform, a burning issue six months ago, has fallen off the radar (unless you are sick). Nevertheless, Congress did enact something at the end of all that fighting, and pieces of the legislation will begin to go into effect this month. If you have a family, are self-employed, aging, already [...]
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by francine
04.29.2010
At lunch yesterday, I was the guest of a group that contained several retired physicians. We listened to a talk by a board member from a large non-profit local hospital system. The speaker, knowledgeable and well-prepared, talked about the cost drivers of health care in America, which he listed as an over-reliance on technology, the [...]
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