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Craig Stoltz

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posted 08/25/2008, comment (1)

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 more Chevron

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posted 07/29/2008, 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 more Chevron

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posted 07/03/2008, comments (0)

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 more Chevron

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posted 06/24/2008, comments (0)

Barack Obama's Prescription for Change

This commentary originally appeared at Spot-On.com on June 12, 2008. Clinton has quit, Obama has three times McCain's resources, and the country is fed up with the Republicans' war, corruption and toadying to corporations. Democrats have won three "safe" Republican house seats in recent months. It's their election to lose, and... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/13/2008, comments (2)

The Voters Want. . .Electronic Medical Records?

Over half of Americans think the next U.S. President should support. . .access to electronic medical records. Compared to gas prices, the economy and the war in Iraq, this is, needless to say, a fairly minor issue. Even within the issue of health care reform, access to EMRs, as digital medical records are known, it's small... Read more Chevron

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