CHICAGO – With state Medicaid program cutbacks and reduced Medicare reimbursement rates looming, hospitals are looking to control costs in labor management. While managing labor costs is always an issue… Read more »
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Hospitals tightening the screws on operations (DS)
Held hostage by the health system (MS)
The Senate Finance Committee’s hearings on health reform earlier this month did not include testimony from any advocate for single-payer insurance. Physicians for a National Health Program, which represents 16,000… Read more »
One Obama healthcare goal elusive (MS)
Few see chance of premium cuts in near futureBy Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff | May 21, 2009 WASHINGTON – In the final debate of the presidential campaign, while banks collapsed… Read more »
One elusive goal (MS)
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Who needs insurance companies? (MS)
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Trimming the insurance industry (MS)
I THANK Dr. Marcia Angell for her May 23 op-ed "
Single-payer system’s ills (MS)
DR. MARCIA Angell makes comments and recommendations on healthcare in her
$2 trillion in savings, or preventive ‘care’? (MS)
IT WAS fascinating to see how quickly all the relevant industry groups jumped on the bandwagon to slow the growth of healthcare costs, thus pledging to "save" $2 trillion over… Read more »
The profit-motivated have had chance (MS)
THANKS TO Dr. Marcia Angell for her efforts to promote single-payer healthcare (
Two major Globe unions OK contracts (MS)
Members of two of The Boston Globe’s major unions last night narrowly ratified contracts that will cut their pay and benefits by more than $7 million, bringing the Globe’s owner… Read more »
