High Yield Healthcare: September 2009

Welcome to the Mount Sinai Health Policy Initiative (HPI)

This blog is hosted by the Mount Sinai Health Policy Initiative (HPI) to encourage discussion among members within and outside the Mount Sinai community about the challenges in achieving quality, affordable healthcare and prospects for meaningful reform in our time. As students of the health professions, we have chosen to inherit a broken system whose history of present illness (also HPI - Coincidence? I think not!) has been dissected and debated, while we've been holed up in libraries or spending hours in the wards. Our sincere hope is that this blog will encourage students to become more engaged with the issues at stake and to contribute your thoughts to the discussion going on around you.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Individual mandates

"The requirement that everyone buy health insurance moved a step closer to reality last week — and possibly a step closer to being challenged in court. Conservatives and libertarians, mostly, have been advancing the theory lately that the individual mandate, in which the government would compel everyone to buy insurance or pay a penalty, is unconstitutional."

http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/the-right-the-duty-to-bear-insurance-cards/

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Order with mayo.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113052504

I'd be curious to know how places like Mayo and Kaiser pay physicians and incentive quality care. I'll snoop around for better info, but please post if you have info/thoughts.

Monday, September 21, 2009

online guide!

nuts and bolts!

http://www.slate.com/id/2220222/

Baucus Bill Bad, Baucus Bill Bad... repeat again.

All the waiting and anticipation for what exactly?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/top-five-reasons-the-bauc_b_289380.html

a thorough assessment by slate:

http://www.slate.com/id/2229091/

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