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News bites: Michael Leavitt and the health law, and more
So what if Michael Leavitt has profited from the Affordable Care Act? The Washington Post's Sarah Kliff gives her take on the controversy.
Jon Kingsdale, who helped implement Mitt Romney's health program in Massachusetts, talks about how states are moving ahead under the federal healthcare law — or not. Kaiser Health News has the interview.
A new study found that policyholders will save out-of-pocket under the law. The New York Times has more.
The Wall Street Journal chronicles a New Jersey hospital's fight against "killer infections."
Military health expenditures are "eating the [Defense] department alive," according to former secretary Robert Gates. W. Jonathan Rue explores the problem in The National Interest.
Hospitals are trying to reduce out-of-control spending on the elderly with new models. Kaiser Health News has more.
An essayist discusses solidarity, the Canadian healthcare system and the experience of sitting in a waiting room with a major CEO. The Walrus has the piece.
