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By: The Road Back from Dartmouth Deception Will Be Difficult, but We Must Now BeginDartmouth is Dead « PHYSICIANS and HEALTH CARE REFORM Commentaries and Controversies

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:54:23 +0000

[...] papers in Health Affairs here and here, in the Washington Post, in letters to Congress here and here and in blog postings here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and [...]

By: More Than Just Microsoft « PHYSICIANS and HEALTH CARE REFORM Commentaries and Controversies

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:50:37 +0000

[...] Leave a Comment A thoughtful physician from Everett WA asked a perceptive question about the redistribution of Medicare payments from “low efficiency” to “high efficiency” areas, for example from South Bronx to Mayo, or, [...]

By: America's Physician Shortage: Lessons from Lincoln - Health Care Cost Monitor

America's Physician Shortage: Lessons from Lincoln - Health Care Cost Monitor — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:50:28 +0000

[...] manner. This curious anomaly results from the preference for family practice in states along the northern tier, from Maine to Washington (where poverty is sparsely distributed), coupled with an historic [...]

By: S. Piller MD

S. Piller MD — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:52:57 +0000

It seems like a overly simplistic way to balence medicare funds. In addition the so- called “DISH” (disproportionate share funds) will likely be cut to the public institutions in large cities, further tearing apart the “safety net.” A well funded single payor system would provide the most care for the least cost.

By: Hey Health Legislators: Want to reduce Medicare spending? Reduce poverty! « SF Gray Panthers

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:34:07 +0000

[...] justice, Medicare, News, Politics, poverty Physicians and Health Care Reform, December 25, 2009Dear Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi Provisions in the Senate and House health care reform bills propose to reallocate resources based [...]