Time for states to decide on health care exchanges
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press News WASHINGTON—Nineteen states have turned down the Obama administration’s invitation to run the new health insurance markets that will begin serving...
View ArticleBetter, if Not Cheaper, Care in New York and New Jersey
By EZEKIEL J. EMANUEL IT is conventional wisdom that end-of-life care is an increasingly huge proportion of health care spending. I’ve often heard it said that people spend more on health care in...
View ArticleHospitals Try House Calls to Cut Costs, Admissions
To keep patients out of the hospital, health-care providers are bringing back revamped versions of a time-honored practice: the house call. Financial penalties for re-admitting certain patients soon...
View ArticleInsurance and Freedom
By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: April 7, 2013 President Obama will soon release a new budget, and the commentary is already flowing fast and furious. Progressives are angry (with good reason) over proposed...
View ArticleFor better mental health coverage, help with the paperwork
By Arielle Levin Becker Talk to people involved the mental health system and it won’t be long before you hear complaints about the difficulty of getting private insurance to pay for mental health...
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