Grand Rounds, Vol. 5.47 – Cost Containment In Healthcare : The Covert Rationing Blog
Posted by GruntDoc on 11th August 2009
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Robert Ricketson and the surgical screwdriver medical malpractice case: The medical records revisited | KevinMD.com
Posted by GruntDoc on 11th August 2009
A must-read from the doctor found guilty.
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Support for Congressional Health Care Reform Falls to New Low – Rasmussen Reports™
Posted by GruntDoc on 11th August 2009
Support for Congressional Health Care Reform Falls to New Low – Rasmussen Reports™
Public support for the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats has fallen to a new low as just 42% of U.S. voters now favor the plan. That’s down five points from two weeks ago and down eight points from six weeks ago.A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that opposition to the plan has increased to 53%, up nine points since late June.
More significantly, 44% of voters strongly oppose the health care reform effort versus 26% who strongly favor it. Intensity has been stronger among opponents of the plan since the debate began.
Interesting. And we’re nowhere near done with the August Rescess yet…
Oh, and Single Payor?
Thirty-two percent (32%) of voters nationwide favor a single-payer health care system where the federal government provides coverage for everyone. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% are opposed to a single-payer plan.
Fifty-two percent (52%) believe such a system would lead to a lower quality of care while 13% believe care would improve. Twenty-seven percent (27%) think that the quality of care would remain about the same.
Forty-five percent (45%) also say a single-payer system would lead to higher health care costs while 24% think lower costs would result. Nineteen percent (19%) think prices would remain about the same.
Health care reform is hard.
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