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Experts Divided Over Recommendation To Screen Children For Cholesterol

One in 500 kids has an inherited disorder that causes high levels of LDL cholesterol that may require medication to control. Is increased cholesterol screening the answer or another problem? more

What Is “Sustainable” Health Spending?

As health spending in the United States accounts for 18 percent of our gross domestic product, it is critical that we be clear-eyed in our understanding of the tradeoffs between tax revenues and a sustainable rate of national health spending. more

Is Technology in Health Care A Double Edged Sword?

Technology is often cited as having the potential to reverse the trend of increasing health care costs in the United States. But whether it can help us or hurt us may depend on whether we empower health care professionals to think and operate in a different way. more

Coalition Building for Care Transitions: Communities Work to Help Frail Elders

“Care transitions” are the new buzzwords in efforts to improve health, improve care and reduce costs. more

Guest Contributors

Experts Divided Over Recommendation To Screen Children For Cholesterol

Written by: Kaiser Health News

Posted Feb 9, 2012

Topics: Costs & Economic Analysis, Health Policy, Women & Children

By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News

Encouraging Risk in a Risk Adverse World

Written by: Danielle Marshall

Posted Jan 23, 2012

Topics: Childhood Obesity, Women & Children

“It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance.

Resolving to Talk with Your Loved Ones About Aging with Dignity and Independence

Written by: Bruce Allen Chernof, M.D.

Posted Jan 17, 2012

Topics: Aging, Medicare

Although not an easy discussion, it is vital that we know the preferences and choices of loved ones (and they know ours) regarding the kind of support you and those you love expect long before a crisis occurs. more

The Walmart Opportunity: Can Retailers Revamp Primary Care?

Written by: Kaiser Health News

Posted Jan 12, 2012

Topics: Consumer Choice, Insurance, Public Health

Just as Walmart and other retailers shook up the prescription drug business by offering $4 generic drugs, the industry now aims to apply its negotiating and marketing clout to tackle problems that vex consumers and the health sector: unpredictable costs, a lack of primary care doctors and inefficient management of chronic illnesses, whose costs drive the majority of health care spending. more