Despite powerful obstacles in its way, mobile health technology is making big strides. If it overcomes the challenges it faces, the future of US health care will look a lot brighter.
One test for whether doctors are delegating more care is the success of scope-of-practice bills. One bill of this kind just passed in Kentucky, and two are pending in Florida and West Virginia.
We need to crush the doctor-as-middleman beneath the feet of health care progress. The Obama administration just took an important stomp in that direction.
Wonkblog reports on a new study of wait times in 15 big US cities, which found the average waiting time across five different specialities was 18.5 days. In some areas of the country it’s even higher—in Boston, the average wait time for a first time patient to see a family doctor is 66 days.
Pay more, get the same—or less. A new study in Health Affairs finds that healthcare, unlike practically every other sector of our economy, is one area where price and quality are totally uncorrelated.
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