Improving Health and Healthcare

AEIExecutive Summary:

Despite, and in a sense because of, the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, US health care is still badly in need of reform and revitalization. Instead of more federal regulation and subsidies, what US health care needs is adoption of market principles, starting with broad empowerment of the patient-consumer. The proposals advanced in this volume would replace many counterproductive and outdated federal policies with practical, market-based reforms that aim to provide all Americans with access to high-quality health care at affordable prices.

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Peningkatan Pelayanan Kesehatan Menuju Riau Sehat

riaueditorMahalnya biaya pengobatan yang selama ini menjadi momok menakutkan bagi masyarakat, sejak beberapa tahun lalu mulai menjauh. Masyarakat tak lagi harus terjebak dalam ironi menahan rasa sakit dan menguras kantong jika ingin berobat. Tentunya, kata-kata ini bakal pas jika diimbangi dengan pelayanan yang memuaskan dari pihak medis.

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Vietnam needs to develop stem cell industry

vietnamA stem cell industry in Vietnam is needed to meet the demand for stem cell applications in treatment and aesthetic procedures in the country, according to an expert.

This is an industry worth thousands of billions of dollars in which the country should invest, Dr Le Van Dong of the Military Medical Academy in Hanoi said.

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Quality Care Should Be Accessible for All: Expanding Access through Innovation and Employing Mid-level Providers in the Medical and Dental Fields

huff homeDespite the renewed efforts of activists, racial disparities remain widespread throughout many areas of the American economy. Yet while stories about criminal justice and education problems dominate the news, an under-reported gap exists between races in the health care field, which is every bit as sinister and dangerous to people of color.

Fortunately, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is making a positive impact; in the past two years, insurance coverage for people of color has improved significantly thanks to the ACA’s federal and state exchanges.

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ISB launches programme for healthcare professionals

timesofindiaPUNE: The Indian School of Business (ISB), with campuses in Mohali and Hyderabad, is all set to launch a one-of-its-kind healthcare management programme (HMP), to groom doctors and healthcare professionals to deliver excellence in healthcare management and to enable them to move into leadership positions in the near future and drive the growth of the sector.

The one year part-time programme, which will commence in January 2016, has been designed and developed by the Max Institute of Healthcare Management and the Centre for Executive Education at the ISB.

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