
Since 1900, life expectancy at birth has increased by an unprecedented 30 years in the United States and other developed countries. Before World War II, most of the gains resulted from ...
Otis McDonald thought he needed a gun. Not just any gun. Something more agile than his hunting shotguns. Something to deter the seedy element that had, over the years, infected his Chicago ...
Marshaling expanded financial resources, aggressive new legal authority, and rare bipartisan solidarity, the Obama administration is accelerating federal efforts to fight health care fraud, ...
The enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) marks the beginning of a new chapter in the centuries-long debate about the appropriate balance between the states and the ...
The focus on health insurance exchanges in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is one sign of just how politically mainstream the new law is. Not only are exchanges ...
Imagine the scene: three young women are traveling in a car. It is a sunny morning, traffic is light, and all are wearing their seat belts and are not intoxicated. They are talking about a friend ...
Cinco claves de la reforma sanitaria Noticias de Exterior: anterior | siguiente Jueves 24 de diciembre de 2009 | Enviá tu comentario ¿Cómo funciona la salud pública en Estados Unidos? Existen dos ...
Posted by NEJM • December 2nd, 2009 • Printer-friendly Jonathan Gruber, Ph.D. View Dr. Gruber’s recent report, The Senate Bill Lowers Non-Group Premiums: Updated for New CBO Estimates. The United ...
Posted by NEJM • November 18th, 2009 • Printer-friendly Harry P. Selker, M.D., M.S.P.H., and Alastair J.J. Wood, M.D. Much attention has been focused on the ongoing efforts in Washington to pass a ...
Much of the recent health care reform debate has focused on achieving budget neutrality over a 10-year period, but this goal is less important than the reform’s long-run fiscal sustainability. If the ...
legislation as it's currently crafted without an SGR fix. For the sake of winning enough votes, Democrat-sponsored legislation is now designed to keep the cost of healthcare reform at ...
Posted by NEJM • October 28th, 2009 • Gary M. Franklin, M.D., M.P.H., and Brian R. Budenholzer, M.D. The Obama administration’s infusion of stimulus funds into enhanced ...
Posted by NEJM • October 28th, 2009 • Peter T. Sawicki, M.D., Ph.D. Many German observers are bewildered over the U.S. health care reform debate. Most Europeans see affordable health insurance ...
Posted by NEJM • October 28th, 2009 • Diane R. Rittenhouse, M.D., M.P.H., Stephen M. Shortell, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., and Elliott S. Fisher, M.D., M.P.H. With discussions about U.S. health care ...
The 2009 federal stimulus package included $1.1 billion to support comparative-effectiveness research about medical treatments. No money has been allocated — and relatively little would be needed — ...