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References for Revising Healthcare Reform
Courier Journal Jan 21, 2011
More healthcare is not necessarily good healthcare:
Cost Conundrum - Difference is Per Patient Medicare Expenses
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_gawande
Increasing Use of: Spine Surgery: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703395204576024023361023138.html
Increasing Use of: CT Scans Usage and Cancer development http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20008689
Increasing Use of:Angioplasty: http://www.businessweek.com/print/technology/content/jun2009/tc2009065_436591.htm
Large healthcare system's are found to not be cost effective:
Massachusetts Attorney General:
http://www.healthwatchusa.org/publications/201101-Documents/20100316-Mass-Hosp-Charges.pdf
High Cost of Health Insurance & Reduction in Coverage:
Only 8000 enrolled in High Risk Pools: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/27/AR2010122702343.html?wpisrc=nl_politics
California Blue Cross & Blue Shield Increase http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/01/20110106b.html http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/01/rate-increase-by-blue-shield-of-california-prompts-criticism.html
Arizona – Cutting Medicaid: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/07/arizona.transplants/
Cost of Medicare Overhead
http://www.kaiseredu.org/Issue-Modules/US-Health-Care-Costs/Background-Brief.aspx
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/478/admincosts.pdf
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/administrative-costs/
http://www.cahi.org/cahi_contents/resources/pdf/CAHI_Medicare_Admin_Final_Publication.pdf
Brittany Grimm Heart Transplant (my niece) http://www.donatelifefloat.org/prod/components/media_center/float_riders/bgrimm.html