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Craig Stoltz

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posted 08/25/2008, comments (2)

The Obama/Biden Healthcare Plan?

It's the time in the political season to make way too much of the impact a vice president can have on the presidential contest.   So I hope you don't mind if I extend that amusing parlor sport into the arena of healthcare reform and consider how how Joe Biden's original proposal for healthcare reform compares to Barack Obama's.   If... Read moreChevron
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posted 07/28/2008, comment (1)

The $2,500 Question

There's some peculiar numerology going in the presidential candidates' health reform plans.   John McCain proposes that every American receive a $2,500 tax credit ($5,000 for families) to help them afford health insurance bought in the private market.   Barack Obama says his healthcare plan will save the average American family... Read moreChevron
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posted 07/22/2008, comment (1)

Quietly, McCain and Obama Plans Converge

You don't need excellent hearing to know the presidential candidates are turning up the volume on the rhetoric machines.   Judged on soundbites describing the other candidate's health care plans, John McCain will deregulate the health insurance industry entirely, freeing mendacious insurers to offer expensive insurance only to the... Read moreChevron
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posted 07/03/2008, comments (3)

Why the U.S. Is Failing Electronic Medical Records 101

Fewer than 20 percent of American physicians (that's less than 1 in 5) are using electronic health records (EHR), according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).   To talk about why EHR adoption matters, we need to bring the discussion to the level where we talk about it with friends and family.   Do... Read moreChevron
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posted 07/03/2008, comments (0)

How Important is Healthcare to the Politically Engaged?

One of the fun parlor games of Election '08 is to look at Internet data and figure out what they mean.   The answer may be "nothing," of course.   But let's play along and look at the latest Hitwise data on popular search terms.   HitWise, a company that tracks Internet traffic, counted the search words that sent people to... Read moreChevron
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