Obama to meet Monday with doctors, speak about need for reforming health careOctober 5th, 2009 President Obama continues health care push MondayWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama meets with doctors from across the country for a morning Rose Garden event on health care. The president will also deliver remarks on the need for health insurance reform.
Health care issues: How to pay doctors under MedicareOctober 1st, 2009 Health care issues: Medicare payments to doctorsA look at key issues in the health care debate:
THE ISSUE: Should health care legislation include a so-called "doc fix" — funding to adjust Medicare reimbursements for doctors so that they don't face annual pay cuts?
THE POLITICS: Democrats in the House and President Barack Obama have said they want health care legislation to include $245 billion to adjust Medicare payments for physicians. The money would ensure doctors' pay isn't cut, and solve a payment problem that Congress has fixed piecemeal for years.
Health care issues: Bundling paymentsSeptember 22nd, 2009 Health care issues: Bundling paymentsA look at key issues in the health care debate:
THE ISSUE: What can the government do to get doctors and hospitals to deliver cheaper medical services?
THE POLITICS: Medicare's fee-for-service structure means that doctors, hospitals and other providers have a greater financial incentive to provide large quantities of medical services than to provide high-quality medical services. Democrats and the Obama administration want to change that, and use the savings to help pay for their health overhaul legislation and bring down medical costs over the long term.
Health care issues: Calculating the price tagSeptember 17th, 2009 Health care issues: Calculating the price tagA look at key issues in the health care debate:
THE ISSUE: Is the Congressional Budget Office doing an accurate job of calculating how much the health care overhaul will cost?
THE POLITICS: Democrats pushing for overhaul of the nation's health care system face a dilemma — they want to cover as many people as generously as possible, while limiting the cost to deflect Republican accusations that they are addicted to spending and tax increases. That makes every dollar count.
Details on the costs of the Senate Finance Committee chairman's health care billSeptember 16th, 2009 Details on costs of Baucus health care billA rundown of the new spending in Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus' health care overhaul bill, and a look at how it's paid for. The numbers are 10-year totals covering 2010-2019.
Health care issues: Shortage of primary care doctors and incentives to attract moreSeptember 15th, 2009 Health care issues: Shortage of doctorsA look at key issues in the health care debate:
THE ISSUE: Will there be enough doctors to provide care to millions of previously uninsured patients if health reform is passed?
THE POLITICS: With primary-care doctors in limited supply, Republicans opposed to sweeping reform say the health care system would be overwhelmed if nearly 50 million uninsured Americans are given coverage. As is, the American Academy of Family Physicians is predicting a shortage of 40,000 primary-care doctors by 2020, with medical schools graduating only half the number needed to meet demand.
Canada health care _ a brief historyAugust 29th, 2009 Canada health care _ a brief historyUntil about 50 years ago, the Canadian and U.S. health care systems were fairly similar — part public and part private, for-profit and nonprofit, with large numbers of people uninsured and shouldering their own medical bills.
Junior doctors in MP end strike following state Govt's assuranceJuly 29th, 2009 BHOPAL - Following an assurance from the Madhya Pradesh Government on the issues of hike in stipend and reduction in fees, the protesting junior doctors of the state on Wednesday withdrew their ten-day long strike. Speaking with reporters after his meeting with state's Health Minister Anoop Mishra, the Junior Doctors Association (JDA) President Dr K K Prajapati said that the association has withdrawn its agitation following an assurance from the government to address their demands as soon as possible.
Cal State University trustees vote for 20 percent fee hike to address massive budget shortfallJuly 22nd, 2009 Cal State trustees vote for 20-percent fee hikeLONG BEACH, Calif. — California State University's governing board has voted to raise student fees by 20 percent as part of a budget plan that would also shrink enrollment and furlough most employees.
Payments to doctors in health bill undercut Obama's pledge of deficit-neutral legislationJuly 22nd, 2009 Health bill a boon to doctorsWASHINGTON — House Democrats want to give doctors a $245 billion sweetener that helps ensure their critical support for a health care overhaul bill. Next up: trying to explain how they could do it without breaking President Barack Obama's promise that health legislation won't increase the federal deficit.
Obama's budget director says progress is being made as lawmakers work on health care overhaulJuly 19th, 2009 Budget chief sees progress in health care overhaulWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's budget director is playing down reports that lawmakers are bogged down over the health care overhaul. Peter Orszag says good progress is being made toward Obama's goal of a bill in August.
Senators say it's unlikely they'll meet Obama's August deadline for health overhaulJuly 12th, 2009 Lawmakers say health overhaul has been slowedWASHINGTON — Top members of Congress say it's unlikely they will meet President Barack Obama's August deadline for a sweeping health care overhaul. Lawmakers on Sunday said they will not rush on a health care overhaul that isn't even in final form yet.
Obama expects health industry to make good on $2T savings pledgeMay 12th, 2009 Obama will hold health industry to savings pledgeWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is telling health industry leaders he expects them to deliver on their $2 trillion savings pledge. In a letter the White House released Tuesday, Obama tells health care industry groups that he will hold them to their pledge to get it done.
Obama's Day: Obama speaks on health care and welcomes Tar Heels to White HouseMay 11th, 2009 Obama's Day: Health care, basketballWASHINGTON — Reforming the health care system to make it affordable for all Americans is one of President Barack Obama's top priorities. Obama plans to talk Monday about a health care industry offer of $2 trillion in spending reductions over 10 years to help pay for the program.
BJP leaders meet Dikshit, seek relief in school fee hikeApril 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Wednesday met Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and demanded relief for parents from the recent hike in school fees. The delegation led by senior BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra explained the issue to Dikshit.
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August 16th, 2009 at 2:55 am
My pet peeve concerning doctors and the association that controls them, rests on cancer and the treatment options they still have, after all these years, for cancer. Chemo, radiation, and/or surgery are it! This has to change and nobody up to now wants to change it, even ‘tho they know it dosen’t work for many patients, especially for older people. In all these years they have not bothered to really try to find any other remedies and refuse to even study alternative tretments, preferring to cater to the pharmaceutical companies who say they have a break through but needs more study and you never hear anymore about it. The doctors are not supposed to tell their patients about alternatives, even if they believe they could help. The doctors don’t want government control but the only time a system needs to be controlled is when the system can’t control itself.