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Are We Finally Heading toward a “Therapeutic Order” for the Nation?
January 1st, 2013The overlapping fields of complementary, holistic, natural, whole-person, alternative, and integrative health and medicine can seem unruly, confusing, and impossible to get your mind around. With literally hundreds of approaches, therapies, and disciplines in the mix, how do you organize your relationship to it?
Are Your Complementary and Integrative Healthcare Choices Cost-Effective?
November 1st, 2012Cost effectiveness is a big question for major stakeholders in healthcare. Employers, insurers, and government agencies like Medicare can decide not to cover effective complementary, alternative, or integrative approaches if they are worried about cost. Evidence of effectiveness alone often fails to make the grade.
Shifting Perverse Incentives: A Good Reason the Affordable Care Act was Upheld
September 1st, 2012The recent decision of the US Supreme Court upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will have scores of consequences. One not frequently mentioned should be of particular interest to all consumers. This is the ACA’s steps to redress what policy wonks call the “perverse incentives” in our current medical payment system.
