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End-of-Life Choices

Trends in end-of-life care show that not only does the care given vary widely from region to region and hospital to hospital, but also patients often don't get the care they prefer. What can be done?

Care Management Puzzle

Chronic diseases and the cost of care are rising. Are disease management programs improving outcomes for patients with complex, chronic conditions?

No Middleman

Under the "direct primary care" model, patients pay a monthly fee for basic medical services. Learn about the history and current landscape of physician practices offering this arrangement.

Health Care Reform

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Columnist Criticizes Reform Law for 'Crazy Spending'

Syndicated columnist Jay Ambrose argues that the federal health reform law's contraception coverage provision "sums up part of what [the law] is about: interventions helping some by the most autocratic, complicated, ineffective means possible while hurting many others." He writes, "But Obamacare is also about crazy spending," adding, "Are there lifeboats for this fiscal Titanic of ours? We could go under."



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