Reform Rodeo
Photo by David Monniaux
1. Kaiser Health News discusses the details of the House’s latest iteration of their Health bill.
2. Ezra Klein analyzes whether the public plan will cost insureds more than private insurance.
3. The New England Journal of Medicine circles back to a reform issue that is often overlooked: primary care and accountable care.
4. Jonathan Cohn at The New Republic looks at how two of the biggest players in the U.S. health care system–the medical device industry and the pharmaceutical industry–are affected by the House bill.
5. The Healthcare Economist reports on a study released by the Urban Institute that breaks down how the House Bill will affect the number of uninsured.
6. Wild Card: Eugene Volokh highlights on a case involving one company’s desire to patent a physician’s thought process.
7. In Case You Missed It: The Cost of (Not) Implementing Chronic Care Management by Professor John V. Jacobi.
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