Next step in Trillium's $100M rebuild
Inside Toronto, Canada -
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2006-06-20
Health check
Houston Chronicle, United States -
2. There's tremendous fear of a big government bureacracy here. But the fact is, we already have a big bureacracy. It's called the insurance industry. It is bigger and more expensive than any government bureacracy that a European nation has managed to come up with, and has another fundamental difference: something like Britain's National Health Service exists to provide healthcare for British citizens. (How well it does that is, of course, debatable.) Our bureacracy exists primarily to maximize profits for its shareholders. That creates a powerful incentive to avoid paying for healthcare.
2006-06-19
Philadelphia Firm at the Nexus of Historic Health Reform Efforts
PR Newswire (press release), NY -
The enactment of Massachusetts' reform plan on April 12, 2006 was the culmination of two years of work for Sellers Feinberg, which specializes in consulting on Medicaid, publicly subsidized health insurance and other health policy issues for businesses and state governments. Originally invited into Massachusetts to work with the public hospital system, Governor Romney's team saw the value of Sellers Feinberg's counsel and sought agreement by the hospitals to allow them to work for him directly. The result was a historic deal that has sent shock waves through America's political and health care establishments.
2006-06-18
Health plaza out; not others
Winston-Salem Journal (subscription), NC -
For instance, the county is giving $126,517 to the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce and $100,000 to Winston-Salem Business Inc., an organization that tries to attract new businesses to the city. It is giving $41,447 to Senior Services Inc., which provides help to seniors and their caregivers, and $40,813 to the Experiment in Self-Reliance, which helps the poor.
2006-06-16
The Bloomberg Enlightenment, Cont.
New York Observer, NY -
"We're working together to toughen local penalties for sale and possession of illegal guns, to share "best practices" in enforcement, and also to oppose wrong-headed Federal legislation that would protect gun traffickers and the rogue gun dealers who supply them. In fact, more effective Federal action is needed on a broad range of issues. Our Federal system of government rightly assigns the primary responsibility for public health at the state and local level. We wouldn't have it any other way. But in meeting the challenges of chronic disease and illegal firearms, we also need our partners at the Federal level to step up to the plate. Federal law should make it easier, not harder, to choke off the interstate transport of illegal firearms.
2006-06-15
Predictions for a crowded field of governor candidates
Kennebec Journal, ME -
Merrill and her husband Phil are long-time Democratic activists and leaders. Her candidacy plays well to those Democrats -- especially women -- who are disappointed with the governor's performance on key issues including the economy and state budget. She'll also appeal to unenrolled and Republican voters who respond to her conservative economic/tax/budget message mixed with a more liberal viewpoint on social issues. If the Republican nominee flounders, Merrill will be the beneficiary.
2006-06-14
High-tech health care isn�t just for the OR
Nashua Telegraph (subscription), NH -
�It’s a continuum. We’re doing many things at the same time,� Muller said. �Next are two big things: in August, automating the electronic medical record for three practices in Foundation Medical Partners, the health system’s physician offices and automating the documentation of the care process, now done on paper, by replacing most paper forms with online ones over the next 12 months.� Systems will be installed in the remaining 40 Foundation Medical Partners offices over the next two years, Muller added.
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