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Socioeconomic Status And Wait Times For Health Care
Critics of the current health care reform efforts have consistently pointed to the longer wait times to see a specialist when one is ill in Canada or Europe, compared with the US (of course, for people with no health insurance at all, wait times are probably considerable here too). Jason Shafrin has written an interesting article about wait times to see a specialist in Europe, and the role that socioeconomic status plays. [...]
Previous Stories
- Pilot Programs Might Be The Key To Cost Control
- Health Is About More Than Health Insurance
- Dentists And HIV Screening
- HSA Helps To Balance Emergency Savings With Investing
- Average Total Premium Not The Same As What Families Really Pay
- Lessons From The Taiwanese Health Insurance System
- Expanding Medicare Would Require Additional Taxes
- Health Insurance Across State Lines Not As Simple As It Sounds
- Maternity Coverage And Access To Midwifery Care
- Why Health Care Reform Is Important
- Reform Worth The Costs
- Premiums In The Individual Market
- Surtax Not That Much Of A Burden
- Not All States Have A Guaranteed Issue Option
