http://www.earthtimes.org/

http://youngphillypolitics.com/ Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, a local physician, issued a statement yesterday alongside many other Doctors, Nan Feyler of the Nutter Administration and uninsured leaders, showing the support of progressive doctors in the National Physician’s Alliance for major healthcare reform. “It’s not everyday that you see solidarity and hear a unified voice from doctors, patients, politicians […]

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER http://www.nytimes.com

By Jeffrey Krasner Massachusetts businesses yesterday joined with most of the state’s health insurers in a new lobbying group aimed at controlling healthcare costs and preventing more universal-coverage expenses from being shifted to employers. The Coalition for Affordable Health Care said it will fight efforts to increase assessments on employers who do not provide health […]

Bob Wachter Home

By CAROLYN FEIBEL http://www.chron.com/ Should you call an ambulance for a sprained wrist or child’s fever? A spider bite? The medical consensus is no, but every year thousands of people in the Houston area dial 911 for non-emergencies. Hoping to cut back on the number of ambulances responding to non-emergency calls, the City Council voted […]

http://www.earthtimes.org

http://www.earthtimes.org 

http://www.marketwire.com NAPA, CA–(Marketwire – June 5, 2008) – The Doctors Company, the nation’s leading physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, is pleased to announce an overall average rate reduction of 13.4 percent for its Ohio physician members that is effective immediately for new policies and on July 1, 2008 for renewal policies. Some physicians will have premium […]