Washington state will receive a $128 million grant from the federal government to develop and implement the state’s Health Benefit Exchange. The Exchange will create a new marketplace for individuals and small businesses to shop for and purchase private health insurance coverage
The HCLSC – health care litigation spin cycle – is in overdrive now that a Reagan-appointed federal judge has strongly signaled in court that he is very likely to follow a George W. Bush appointee who struck down the individual mandate at the heart of the new health care law. Republican critics of the law [...]
Health care will be expensive as long as someone else is paying for it, writes Dr. Roger Stark, a health-care policy analyst at the Washington Policy Center, a Seattle-based think tank that promotes market-based solutions. “Only when individuals can direct their own medical spending through a market will costs become transparent and likewise come under [...]
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
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Don’t bet on it.
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