Health Care: a Campaign Primer

John McCain and Barack Obama have offered proposals that would — in very different ways — reshape the landscape of American health care. The Chronicle spoke with several scholars about how the study of health economics and health policy has evolved since the Clinton plan collapsed in 1994 — and whether this year's candidates seem to have learned anything from that scholarship. Full Story »

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Patricia Blochowiak
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by Patricia Blochowiak - Oct. 10, 2008

Lots of facts are presented, but most of the story discusses the availability of health insurance as if it were discussing the availability of health care. The last section brings up the essential discussion of health care delivery, but only mentions the price of tests, rather than making any attempt at discussing health care delivery. A discussion of the concept of a "medical home" would have been much more helpful.

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