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Healthcare
Introduction
AO provides an analytical perspective based on an objective, non-partisan assessment of the status of healthcare quality, access, and cost.  This section helps clarify how the system operates and options to improve it.

Healthcare Highlights

UNDERSTANDING HEALTH CARE: RAND COMPARE

The RAND Corporation has launched a tremendous new website to provide valuable perspectives on Health Care in America. RANDCompare, AnalysisOnline believes is the best comprehensive website on health care available on the web @ www.randcompare.org

Confronting the Healthcare Challenge

Healthcare is one of the most pressing public policy issues in United States. Healthcare costs in California alone amount to $150 billion and account for 15 percent of the state’s total output. Annual health insurance costs for a family of four now exceed $8,000.

Health Care in America: Confronting the Future

Creating a health care system that works for everyone will require bold measures. But before bold measures can be developed and adopted, citizens must understand what drives the cost of health care and how to improve the quality of care from an objective, analytical perspective.

Additional AO Articles on Healthcare


Links to Top Healthcare Sources

Killing Jobs Through National Healthcare Reform

"Challenges for Healthcare Reform," Testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at the Senate Finance Committee Health Reform Summit on June 16, 2008

“Electronic Health Records Adoption in the Ambulatory Setting: Findings of a National Survey of Physicians,” Catherine DesRoches of Harvard Medical School, et al., New England Journal of Medicine, June 2008

“U.S. Health Care Spending: Comparison with Other OECD Countries,” Congressional Research Service, September 2007

Statement of Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag at the Health Reform Summit of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, June 16, 2008


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