Oct 12, 2009 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
More medical tourists may also contribute to further globalization of lab testing Medical tourism continues to be a force with the potential to exert significant influence on healthcare in the United States. For that reason, experts have weighed in recently on how efforts to reform healthcare may either inhibit or encourage growth in the number of Americans opting to become medical tourists. Just as medical tourism has the potential to be transformative to certain aspects of healthcare here in...
Dec 22, 2008 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
Now in its second year, the closely-watched mandate for universal health coverage in Massachusetts is a mix of good news/bad news. Because this is a potential model for national healthcare reform, the Massachusetts universal health insurance program is also viewed as an opportunity to work out the bugs in finance and care delivery before rolling out a national program. First, the good news. From a public policy standpoint, the universal healthcare mandate is successful. Roughly half the...
Jul 9, 2008 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
It’s now the one-year anniversary for the nation’s first attempt by a city to institute universal healthcare. The Healthy San Francisco program was created by the City of San Francisco to give its 73,000 uninsured city residents access to affordable health care. Technically, the program is not health insurance because beneficiaries can only access benefits within the city limits of San Francisco. The program is funded by businesses with 50 or more employees that don’t provide...
