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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

In contrast to the personality-driven path that Lyndon Johnson took to navigate legislative obstacles to Medicare and Medicaid, former management consultant Mitt Romney charted a decidedly different course to expanding health insurance when he became governor of Massachusetts in 2003. It was one thing to ask drivers to buy car insurance.

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From Numbers to Names: How Concierge Care is Redefining the Doctor-Patient Experience

Concierge Choice Physicians

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal interviewed physicians, attempting to make sense of the declining numbers. For medical professionals and those working in healthcare, the article was grim. As the Wall Street Journal article pointed out, patients don’t want to feel like just a number on a chart.

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Healthcare Quality Gaps in Chronic Pain Opioid Therapy

Physician's Weekly

Descriptive statistics were used for outcome scales, and subgroup analyses were performed based on individual characteristics, health status, and pain management variables. The results showed that 661 individuals were included, with 76% being female and a mean age of 69 years (standard deviation [SD] 12.5).

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Remote Monitoring for Blood Sugar Control in the USA

Dr. Zaar

The article goes into detail about remote monitoring, its advantages, and how you can begin using it. Introduction: Those with diabetes must make sure their blood sugar levels are under control. Because of remote monitoring, patients in the USA can monitor their blood sugar at home and talk to health experts in real time.

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"Sludge audits" identify obstacles to completing colorectal cancer screening

Common Sense Family Doctor

Paperwork required to sign up for health insurance and to establish care with a practice. A 2022 article in the Harvard Business Review introduced the term sludge to describe “these types of situations in which the design of a specific process consistently impedes individuals from completing their intended action.” Wait times.

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Researchers Propose Solutions to Improve GLP-1 RA Access

Physician's Weekly

Cost-Sharing Program Benefits Patient Rashida Khan, PhD , and colleagues presented a case in which a 56-year-old African American woman with a BMI of 40 kg/m 2 was denied insurance coverage for GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy. Other Persistent Barriers & Potential Solutions In another article not presented at the meeting, Stephanie W.

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Primary care for all Americans

Common Sense Family Doctor

" The Gilded Age of Medicine is Here ," announced the title of a recent New Yorker article about the tactics of private equity firms that provide infusions of cash to struggling hospitals in order to extract hundreds of millions of dollars in profits by slashing costs to the bone and endangering the health of patients. Nevertheless, the U.S.