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A policy for healthcare access

On March 25, 2012 By admin

Mental health in NY: Capitation at work

On April 25, 2011 By admin

The thorn that fell the lion: the PPACA’s downfall

On February 27, 2011 By admin

Have new health insurance, will seek primary care physician

On October 6, 2010 By admin

In the last few weeks two articles, one from Hospital & Health Networks and Managed Healthcare Executive have come across my desk, both discussing how hospitals will deal with the issues mentioned above. The expansion of healthcare benefits will affect each hospital and each state differently due to many factors, including how many of their residents are already insured, their residents income and unemployment levels, their residents median age and overall health, but on average charity care cases should go down. However, one side effect of more individuals gaining coverage is that hospital patient numbers will increase. Interestingly, those hospitals that treat large numbers of uninsured patients should not see an increase or surge of new patients.

One of the articles I read estimates [...]