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Costs of Health Care, Insurance and Drugs
The cost of health care, including the price of insurance and drugs, is a major issue millions of Americans deal with each day.
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Timothy McBride
Associate Dean for Public Health
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Tim McBride has been active in testifying before Congress and consulting with important policy constituencies on Medicare, insurance and rural health policy issues. He is a member of the Rural Policy Research Institute Health Panel that provides expert advice on rural health issues to the U.S. Congress ...
Expertise: Health insurance, universal health care, public health, Medicare policy, health economics, gerontology and Social Security, state health policy, …
Direct contact: 314-935-4356
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tmcbride@wustl.edu
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William Peck
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Medicine
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Peck, former dean of the School of Medicine, directs the University's Center for Health Policy. Revolutionary scientific advances promise great improvements in the prevention and diagnosis of disease and the treatment of patients. But major obstacles must be overcome before this enormous potential ...
Expertise: Health care policy, health care costs, disparities in access to care, workforce issues
Media assistance: (314) 286-0120 / westerhousej@wustl.edu
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William A. Peck
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Medicine
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Both Obama/Biden and McCain/Palin argue that the country needs to get more value for its healthcare dollars, but they differ on what changes would be most effective. Peck, an internist who has treated many patients, is a nationally recognized leader in health care. He served for 14 years as dean of ...
Expertise: Health care policy, health care costs, disparities in access to care, workforce issues
Media assistance: (314) 286-0109 / arbanasc@msnotes.wustl.edu
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Edward Lawlor
Dean and the William E. Gordon Professor
Edward Lawlor is a nationally-recognized expert in healthcare policy, particularly in the areas of medical indigence, health-care reform and administration, and policy for the aged and poor.
His groundbreaking work in Medicare policy is recognized for its originality and insightful analysis. Lawlor's ...
Expertise: health care policy, medical indigence, health care reform, health care administration, policy for the aged, policy for poor, Medicare
Direct contact: (314) 935-6693
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elawlor@gwbmail.wustl.edu
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Jackson Nickerson
Frahm Family Professor of Organization and Strategy
Nickerson's area of expertise includes corporate strategy and policy, economic policy, microeconomics, industrial organization, organizational economics, new institutional economics, intellectual capital management, technology licensing, organizational theory, human resource management, organizational ...
Expertise: business strategy & public policy, intellectual capital management, new institutional economics, organizational economics, organizational theory, technology licensing, corporate strategy and policy, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-6374
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nickerson@olin.wustl.edu
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U.S. health care system headed for perfect storm
Number of uninsured, rising costs, long term care and an aging population could force a major system overhaul, says leading health economist
Sept. 12,
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"We are headed into a time when a confluence of changes are going to lead to a perfect storm, making us finally realize that our health care system needs a major overhaul," says Timothy D. McBride, Ph.D., leading health economist and professor of social work. McBride is available to discuss candidates' health care plans and universal health care.
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Social Security vs. Medicare
Despite all the attention paid to Social Security, it's a minor problem compared to Medicare, says leading health economist
Sept. 12,
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"The problems with Social Security can be solved easily compared to those of Medicare," says Timothy McBride, leading health economist and associate dean for public health. "Social Security can be fixed right now, although most people don't want to solve it with tax hikes. We cannot solve Medicare as easily. Medicare is in a serious crisis relative to Social Security," he says. McBride is available to discuss Social Security and Medicare.
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Resolving the health insurance question
Medicare-for-All is the most practical option, says leading health insurance expert
Sept. 12,
2008 --
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Access to affordable health care has been a recurring topic in current political discussions. Merton C. Bernstein, leading health insurance expert and law professor emeritus says that Medicare is the most practical platform for both extending coverage to everyone and taming medical cost inflation. He is available to discuss the candidates' health care proposals.
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Campus Health's Hidden Costs
U.S. News & World Report online
Feb. 1,
2008 -- Debra Harp, WUSTL's associate director of Student Health Services, comments on mandatory health insurance mandates by universities, including WUSTL.
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Washington U. studies creation of public health school
St. Louis Business Journal
and 3 others
Dec. 28,
2007 -- WUSTL is exploring the possibility of increasing its involvement in the health of the region by establishing its own school of public health.
As part of a strategic planning process currently under way at the university, WUSTL medical school dean Larry Shapiro and social work dean Edward Lawlor are investigating how the university can expand its focus on public health, according to Rob Wild, assistant to the chancellor.
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The Cataracts Are Gone -- and So Is the Need for Glasses
U.S. News & World Report
Dec. 17,
2007 -- For the millions of baby boomers who will eventually need cataract surgery, here's some cheering news: New types of implantable lenses promise to restore your youthful vision. Unlike the standard single-power lenses doctors have been implanting for 30 years, the newer multifocal intraocular lenses and accommodating lenses allow patients to see near, far, and in between--and even to shed their glasses.
WUSTL ophthalmology professor Jay Pepose talks about one of the options.
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Don't ignore your body's warning signs
MSNBC.com
Aug. 1,
2007 -- Article looks at why people tend to dismiss symptoms that can indicate a serious illness.
Research has shown that your personality can affect how you react to medical symptoms too.
A 2005 WUSTL study found that men with low overall anxiety levels were more likely to ignore symptoms of rectal cancer and delay treatment. Those with at least moderate anxiety levels, on the other hand, tended to quickly recognize symptoms such as rectal bleeding as a sign of a serious illness.
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What's Lacking in 'Sicko'
The New York Times
and 3 others
July 9,
2007 -- WHEN it comes to economic decisions, there are always trade-offs. Gain one thing and you lose something else. This is particularly true in health care, a market in which a scarce good is ridiculously expensive, but needed by everybody.
WUSTL economist Charles Courtemanche looks at the economic points in Michael Moore's movie 'Sicko.'
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The Telltale Tumor
Forbes
June 19,
2007 -- Many genetic tests look at DNA inside the patient. A second fast-growing field is the detection of the DNA flaws that make tumor cells grow far more rapidly than regular cells.
WUSTL oncologist Timothy Pluard changes his treatment plan in one-quarter of cases because of the tumor test.
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How to Talk About Aging
Newsweek
June 11,
2007 -- A recent survey by AARP found that nearly 70 percent of adult children have not talked to their parents about issues related to aging. Some children avoid this most intimate of conversations because they believe their parents don't want to talk. Others think they know what their parents want.
WUSTL psychology professor Brian Carpenter is one of the experts offering advice.
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Cerberus Goes Where No Firm Has Gone Before
The New York Times
and 3 others
May 15,
2007 -- With an agreement to take control of Chrysler, Cerberus, a private equity firm, is venturing into virtually uncharted territory in taking on a company with the problems the size of Chrysler's and with a union as powerful as the United Automobile Workers.
WUSTL law professor and vice dean Daniel Keating comments.
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Study Urges Caution on Anemia Drug Use
Associated Press Online
and 55 others
April 18,
2007 -- A flawed Medicare payment plan encourages aggressive use of a risky and costly anti-anemia drug on many kidney dialysis patients, say researchers who warn the system should be changed.
In an accompanying editorial in JAMA, WUSTL renal expert Daniel Coyne said kidney doctors who work with dialysis centers may not know they are "making dubious dosing decisions" because they sign multipage standing orders and turn over anemia management to chain employees.
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Doctors' Ties to Drug Makers Are Put on Close View
The New York Times
and 3 others
March 21,
2007 -- A 2002 survey found that more than 80 percent of the doctors on panels that write clinical practice guidelines had financial ties to drug makers.
This article looks at the serious conflict of interest problem that arises when drug companies pay for drug research.
WUSTL professor and kidney specialist Daniel Coyne recently wrote an editorial in an influential journal decrying guidelines written last year by the kidney foundation that encourage doctors to use more of Amgen's drugs to treat anemia in kidney patients despite studies showing that increased use led to more deaths.
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Scientists decry decline in research funding
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
and 10 others
March 20,
2007 -- In an era of bioterrorism, bird flu, an obesity epidemic and exploding health-care costs, the U.S. can ill-afford to reduce research funding, NIH supporters say.
But WUSTL cancer researcher Jeff Michalski and other scientists are finding that funds for adequate research are declining.
Michalski is director of radiation oncology at WUSTL Siteman Cancer Center.
On Monday, scientists from top universities testified before the U.S. Senate Appropriations subcommittee, which will help determine how much money the NIH gets for 2008, about how dire they think the situation is.
WUSTL medical school dean Larry Shapiro comments.
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Study: Basic doctor errors result in missed, delayed diagnoses
Associated Press State & Local Wire
and 57 others
Oct. 3,
2006 -- Basic errors made by doctors, including tests ordered too late or not at all and failure to create follow-up plans, played a role in nearly 60 percent of cases in which patients were allegedly hurt by missed or delayed diagnoses, a study found.
WUSTL oncologist Steven Sorscher comments.
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Northwest fate may hang on judge's decision
USA Today
and 32 others
Feb. 16,
2006 -- WUSTL law professor and labor relations expert Neil Bernstein comments on union negotiations with Northwest Airlines over whether the company could throw out contracts with pilots and flight attendants.Bernstein said the judge's main concern was helping the airline sort out its financial problems and survive — not how much the workers get paid.
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Genomic medicine: The science speeds up
Newsweek Magazine
Dec. 21,
2005 -- When the Human Genome Project completed the first directory of all human genes, the stage was set for the dream of "personalized medicine." But linking a gene to a disease can take years by conventional techniques, and decoding one person's entire genome would still be a multimillion-dollar endeavor. This fall, researchers unveiled a pair of new technologies that could boost the speed of gene sequencing tenfold, while greatly reducing the cost.
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Oh Baby! Infertility treatment's high price tag prompts doctors to deliver new financing options
MSNBC.com
and 1 others
Nov. 28,
2005 -- Multiple pregnancies can occur when two or more embryos are implanted during a single IVF cycle. They pose a greater health risk to both the mother and children than single pregnancies do. The cost of delivering triplets is about $250,000, according to Brian McManus, assistant professor at WUSTL, who studied the economics of infertility treatments with fellow Olin School of Business educator, Professor Bart Hamilton. Multiple-birth children are often born pre-maturely and need expensive neonatal intensive care.
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Doctors say higher Medicaid rates would improve care
Associated Press
Oct. 17,
2005 -- A ballot proposal that would raise the tax on cigarettes by 80 cents a pack and also raise taxes on other tobacco products would dedicate more than half of the money generated to improving reimbursement rates for doctors, hospitals and others that care for people in the government health care program for the poor. Dr. James Crane, associate vice chancellor for clinical affairs at WUSTL's School of Medicine, conducted research in 2001 on Missouri's Medicaid reimbursement rates and said there is still a problem today, in rural and urban areas.
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Emotional toll is brewing
USA Today, Washington Post
and 1 others
Sept. 14,
2005 -- As many as one-third of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina could develop a stress-related disorder that needs professional help, according to projections by the federal agency coordinating the nation's mental health response. WUSTL psychiatry professor and trauma expert Carol North is one of the experts commenting.
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Pediatricians' Weight Could Be Obstacle
Associated Press
and 102 others
Aug. 16,
2005 -- Article on two studies surveying pediatricians and their effectiveness in treating overweight children. Many doctors find obesity difficult to treat because it is a complicated problem. The doctor's own weight could affect his comfort level in counseling an overweight child. WUSTL pediatric endocrinologist Neil White comments.
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Antidepressants may protect brain from damage
PakTribune.com (Pakistan)
Aug. 3,
2005 -- Antidepressants may do more than improve the symptoms of depression. According to a new WUSTL study, these drugs may actually protect the brain in individuals who have repeated bouts of major depression.
WUSTL psychiatry professor Yvette Sheline comments.
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Hewlett-Packard to Lay Off 14,500 in Turnaround Effort
The New York Times, Los Angeles Times
and 3 others
July 20,
2005 -- Hewlett-Packard announced that it will lay off 14,500 workers, or nearly 10 percent of its staff, over the next 18 months as part of a revamping plan that the company's executives hope will turn around the struggling fortunes of the giant computer and printer maker.
WUSTL business strategy professor Todd Zenger comments.
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