Hits & Misses #2 – 2009/9/30
Flu shot may increase your vulnerability to swine flu.
Ingestible chip reminds you to take your medicine.
Can new doctors be harmful to your health? Yes.
Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA
-
Subscribe
John Goodman’s Health Alerts
Published twice per week, Health Alerts are exclusive, in-depth analyses of health care policy by John Goodman. Subscribe via RSS or enter your email address in the box above.Categories
-
Authors
Tags
American Medical Association cancer CBO consumer driven health care diabetes doctors drugs electronic medical records email emergency room EMR ER exercise FDA genetics Health Care Access Health Care Costs health care quality health insurance health IT health policy Health Reform Health Savings Accounts heart disease hospital HSA insurance life expectancy Massachusetts Medicaid Medicare medicare advantage NHS ObamaCare obesity pay for performance public option SCHIP seniors socialized health care Social Security stimulus tax unemployment UninsuredMedia
Recommended Reading
Recognition and Awards
Site Visitors
About the NCPA
The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) is a think tank, established in 1983, that develops and promotes free-market reforms in health care, taxes, retirement and environment. Read more about our ideas in health reform.
Recent Comments
- anthony506 on Facial Scan Can Determine Dominance of Men, CT Scans for Sale, and Other News Items
- anthony506 on Laws Restricting Sale of Common Cold Medicine Harms Patients
- Calderas en Madrid on Health Insurers to Gain $1 Trillion in New Revenue under ObamaCare, and Other News
- wanda j. jones on Should the States Set Up ObamaCare Exchanges?
- Ken on How Community Rating Hurts Those it is Designed to Help
- Nancy on What Sick People Think About the Health Care System
Archives
© Copyright National Center for Policy Analysis 2012. All rights reserved.
Can new doctors be harmful to your health? There’s a school of thought among some health experts that “old” doctors can also be harmful to your health. This premise argues that many physicians fail to keep up with the latest developments as they wind down their careers approaching retirement.
Not sure I like the flu shot post.
There’s a rule of thumb that hospital workers often repeat: Don’t go in for surgery about the time the new residents arrive.
You’re right. The air travel piece is both funny and sad.