People with private health insurance can jump the public health care queue by using private health services instead. Is there really anything wrong with that? There are two main theories: 1) If the ...
When health policy researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health tracked data from primary care practices that ...
Every other week there seems to be more bad news for private hospitals. The sale of Healthscope, hospital and maternity ward closures, and fights with private health insurers about funding, suggest ...
Perhaps no other issue divides McCain and Obama as much as health care. McCain would give everyone a tax credit to help pay for private coverage.... Candidates' Health Care Plans: Private Vs. Public ...
Private equity (PE) firms have actively acquired substance use disorder treatment facilities in the past decade. Evidence on whether these acquisitions affect establishments’ operations is limited.
WASHINGTON — A lack of consistent policies and protocols by the Department of Veterans Affairs for administering private-sector health care for veterans is leading to medical records not being ...
This article is part of “Ethics & Health Systems Change,” an ongoing, periodic Health Affairs Forefront symposium on the ethical implications of developments in the business of health care. Articles ...
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The Canadian Medical Association has called for a ban on payments for procedures long covered by public systems and is warning about contracting services out. By Ian Austen With perhaps 6.5 million ...