Health

Social Security & Medicare Forecast: 2005

Every year, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees examine the short- and long-term health of these programs, and issue reports that highlight the financial burdens they will create for future gene…
Drug Reimportation: The Free Trade Solution

Significant numbers of Americans are traveling across the Canadian border or using the Internet to buy prescription drugs at Canadian prices. These sales are illegal, but should they be? Is importing…
Patient Power: Access to Drugs

Consumers recently lost a money-saving opportunity when a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted against over-the-counter (OTC) access to the cholesterol-reducer Mevacor. This is the…
Reforming the Health Care System

Reforming the Health Care System was held March 18, 2005 at Ball State University as part of a larger conference, Health by Design. Reforming the Health Care System featured a debate between Kenneth E…
Unneccessary Deaths: The Human and Financial Costs of Hospital Infections

Infections contracted in hospitals are the fourth largest killer in America. Every year in this country, two million patients contract infections in hospitals, and an estimated 103,000 die as a result…
Health Care Tax Credits for the Uninsured

Support is growing for a proposed solution to the rising number of uninsured Americans: a health insurance tax credit. If properly designed and implemented, a tax credit would allow uninsured, low inc…
Ten Easy Health Reforms

While the idealists among us still hope for a major overhaul of our health care system, there are some minor reforms lawmakers could enact that would pay big dividends. Here are 10 suggestions along w…
Flexible Spending Accounts: Making a Good Deal Better

As the year ends, hundreds of thousands of American workers are scrambling to spend down their flexible spending accounts (FSAs). Some buy designer eyeglasses. Others schedule a last minute appointmen…