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Health Care Bill Progress; House Signs Their Version of Health Care Reform Bill November 7

Posted on: Monday, November 9, 2009

On November 7, with a number of amendments from its original form, the health care reform bill was passed with a slim margin of victory. While it is an important step, a number of steps remain before the bill is signed into law. The amended form of the health care bill includes concessions to pro-life [...]

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What are the Priorities of Americans When It Comes to Health Care?

Posted on: Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Americans understand that insurance doesn’t actually pay for everything, according to a study by the Sacramento Center for Health Care Decisions. This shows that Americans are quite able to set priorities for health care on their own without leaders trying to tell them what to do. The study put health care issues into three categories; [...]

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How Do We Compare To Our Old System and To Other Countries? Part One of Two – Countries

Posted on: Friday, July 10, 2009

For decades, the U.S. healthcare system was the envy of the entire world. Not coincidentally, there was far less government involvement in medicine during this time. America had the finest doctors and hospitals, patients enjoyed high quality, affordable medical care, and thousands of private charities provided health services for the poor. Doctors focused on treating [...]

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Hospital Ratings and How They Work

Posted on: Monday, June 1, 2009

Quality ratings for hospitals come in two flavors – professional and public. As can be expected, the professional quality ratings are the ones that can be trusted, but they are not as easy to access as the public rating systems. Public rating systems can be skewed towards a positive outcome by advertising, or skewed towards [...]

Tags: healthcare, healthcare jobs, healthcare professionals, healthcare systems, hospital ratings

AAFP Asks Members to Sign Up for New Online Health Care Notification System

Posted on: Tuesday, May 12, 2009

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is encouraging its members to sign up for a new health care online system, the Health Care Notification Network (HCNN).  If 5% of AAFP members sign up from the link on this page , AAFP will receive a nominal fee.  This system is more efficient than paper-based patient [...]

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