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Regarding "Superstorm Sandy knocks out power at East Coast hospitals, prompting evacuations": I hope this isn't twisted into an argument against...
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Regarding “Bang without the buck?”: This sounds like a fiscally responsible plan to reduce costs, but has it passed the “federal test”?
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Regarding “Develop a culture of privacy, ONC's Pritts says”: I agree with the concept of a privacy culture in all medical facilities. I also believe that patients must also develop a culture of privacy.
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Regarding “Romney rallies clinician supporters in Congress”: If Mitt Romney is elected and successful in ending Obamacare, my hope is that this will eventually lead to a single-payer system, such as promoted by Physicians for a National Health Program.
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This is a very misleading article and very troubling if taken at face value. As Dr. Andy Sama points out, these ultra-utilizers have multiple chronic conditions and are indeed “sicker” than most emergency department users.
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Regarding “Ranks of uninsured drop to 15.7% in 2011”: Statistics are like bikinis. What they show you can be quite revealing, but what they never show you is what's vital.
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Regarding “IOM calls for better use of technology in healthcare”: For those of us who have been in healthcare for a very long time, those solutions have been evident for a long time.
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Regarding “IOM calls for better use of technology in healthcare”: The technology, in most cases, already exists—but unfortunately it is spread among many “silos” of isolated special interests and departments fighting for their piece of the budget.
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Regarding “Reform law is biggest threat to Medicare, Ryan says”: I am always at a loss to understand why any payer would willingly take on a higher utilization population like Medicare recipients without charging much higher rates than they do for their diluted risk-covered...
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Regarding "Retiree group decries GOP healthcare platform": Whether anyone likes the GOP's position or not, keeping Medicare as is will bankrupt it in a few years so no one gets anything or everyone loses a great deal.
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