Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Health reform
The Future of Medicine
Primary care physicians – general internists, family practitioners, general pediatricians – are on the verge of extinction. With pressures pushing young physicians toward specialization, a primary care crisis looms. Other workforce shortages, in general surgery and nursing, are also on Continue Reading …
Death Panels…Really?
Researchers studied the effects of palliative care consultation on the costs of care for patients. They conclude that palliative care consultation saves about $279 per day for a patient who survives their illness and about $374 per day for a Continue Reading …
Are mandates constitutional?
We have reviewed other materials from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in regards to . This current review discusses the important legal basis for and potential arguments against the institution of either an employer or individual mandate to obtain health Continue Reading …
Health care co-ops
The release of the Senate Finance Committee’s health reform bill includes the establishment of health care co-ops as an alternative to the public option touted in the Senate HELP committee and House health reform bills. A prior analysis from the Continue Reading …
Medical Malpractice
A comprehensive review from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Synthesis Project reports on the effectiveness of various malpractice reforms. Many physician and malpractice insurers claim that malpractice crises, both past and present, have caused physicians to retire early, restrict the Continue Reading …