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Aetna Offers Individual Plans To Costco Members In Illinois, Market Watch

Friday, May 11, 2012

Aetna announced today it is now offering individual health insurance plans to Costco members in Illinois. The Costco Personal Health Insurance program, of which there are five plans to choose from, offers broad major medical benefits, an extensive network of doctors and hospitals, and a variety of helpful services, tools and information, tailored to meet the needs of Costco members.

In addition to Illinois, the Costco Personal Health Insurance program is also available to Costco members in Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. Aetna plans to expand the program to other markets later this year.

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British Health System Continues Rationing, Denies Patients Access to Breakthrough Drugs

Thursday, May 03, 2012

According to PharmaTimes Online, Britain's National Institutes of Health are denying lupus patients access to the first new drug for this disease in 50 years. PharmaTimes reports NIH "concluded that Benlysta (belimumab) could not be considered a cost-effective use of NHS resources for patients with active autoantibody positive systemic lupus erythematosus with a high degree of disease activity despite standard therapy." 

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Doctor Diaries: Exiting the Game, Par80

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Most people agree that the way we pay for health care in the USA is broken, but they do not agree on the “fix."  PPACA (“Obamacare”) was marketed as the “fix” for all this, by way of more rules, more mandates, more taxes, more financial carrots and sticks, and more enforcement. And the cost?  Some of the costs include further loss of patient choice, and a bigger, more expensive GAME, whether it morphs into a single payer system or not. 

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Can Healthcare Be Bought And Sold On eBay? Townhall.com

Saturday, February 25, 2012
A small, emerging online service called MediBid is creating an actual market that puts doctors together with patients who need care. Patients who use this service can cut their health care costs in half.

After the government suppression of normal market forces for the better part of a century, hospitals are rarely interested in competing on price for patients they are likely to get as customers anyway. Markets in medical care can work and work well — provided government gets out of the way. 

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A Commentary on the Health Care Compact

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

A recent editorial published at A Line of Sight details many problems associated with the health care compact, an idea that has begun to take root in many states. The commentary should give doctors, patients and elected officials pause before they conclude the compact is good policy. 

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US Representative Paul Ryan On Health Insurance Reform at the Hoover Institute, September 27, 2011

Wednesday, September 28, 2011
While no health insurance reform proposal will be perfect, Representative Ryan's is undoubtedly one of the only serious discussions emanating from Washington.  While D4PC may not agree with every aspect, we do endorse the idea of increasing quality and decreasing cost by promoting competition in a free-market that empowers patients to control the flow of money while retaining their ability to make informed independent decisions with their doctors.   

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Morning Rounds for June 20, 2011

Monday, June 20, 2011

 

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How Safeway Is Cutting Healthcare Costs

Saturday, April 30, 2011

 

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Medicare As We've Known It Isn't An Option, Wall Street Journal Opinion

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

 

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