Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Workforce
Time is Money
American physicians waste significantly more time dealing with red-tape associated with the multiple insurance payers in the United States. Compared to Canada – with its single payer – US physicians spend four times as much. Physicians and administrators in the Continue Reading …
Why pay more?
The United States spends more on physician services than other countries. New research suggests that consumers pay a premium for US physicians. So are US doctors the Coca-Cola and Louis Vuitton of the health care world? Why does health care Continue Reading …
The Primary Care Workforce
“The rediscovery or remaking of primary care is recognized by most analysts as an essential part of a United States health care system that lowers costs, improves quality, and expands access.” The authors of the present Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Continue Reading …
Inconsistent access to care in Arizona
The effects of insurance coverage on access to care in Arizona provides a startling lesson of the problems with inconsistent coverage. People cycling on and off insurance tend to forgo care and necessary medication. As the price tag of Continue Reading …
Single-Payer’s Impact on Physician Income
“No boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of his parents to raise enough money to bring a first-class surgeon to his bedside.” Tommy Douglas, the father of Canadian medicare This study follows Continue Reading …