Vermont scores high marks for a new experiment in coordinating care, as well as the overall quality of its health system. The gap between Vermont and lower performing states, however suggests to some that states may struggle to reform health care on their own. Other reports consider states that have made independent efforts.
(Daily Report) Oct 12, 2009
Newspapers report on how young adults and small businesses might be affected by the mandates proposed in the health care bills pending in Congress.
(Daily Report) Oct 12, 2009
In the mid-1970s, an unconventional researcher named Jack Wennberg discovered an unusually high rate of hysterectomies in Lewiston, Maine. That was just one of a series of studies that led to a very surprising conclusion about health care: a large portion of the medical care Americans get is unnecessary.
(Story) Oct 09, 2009
A selection of Friday's editorials and opinions include two from U.S. Senators.
(Daily Report) Oct 09, 2009
A new Commonwealth Fund study shows sharp disparities in health care cost and quality across states.
(Daily Report) Oct 08, 2009
Hospital ethics panels help patients' families decide difficult medical and moral decisions when family and physicians disagree or there's no written advance directive.
(Daily Report) Oct 08, 2009
U.S. News & World Report, using federal government data on 15,500 facilities, examines the nation's best nursing homes.
(Daily Report) Oct 06, 2009
Democratic lawmakers hope to keep costs for health coverage down while improving benefits packages, a pair of sometimes-conflicting goals that boils down to an effort to get more for less.
(Daily Report) Oct 06, 2009
The United States lags behind other wealthy countries on deaths caused by illnesses and injuries that should not kill at an early age, and experts suggest the statistics suggest complex and fundamental challenges in the U.S. health care system.
(Daily Report) Oct 06, 2009
The search for reform models continues with news reports exploring the Veterans Administration's "government-run health care," Washington State's "reputation for lower-cost, higher-quality health care," and Kaiser Permanente's new money-saving approach to heart attack treatment.
(Daily Report) Oct 02, 2009