Reports on Prescription Drugs

Growing Pain: The Expense of Drugs for the Elderly by Dean Baker and John Schmitt, February 10, 2003.  PDF

Promoting Good Ideas on Drugs: Are Patents the Best Way?The Relative Efficiency of Patent and Public Support for Bio-Medical Research by Dean Baker and Noriko Chatani, October 11, 2002. PDF

Still a Pain: The Cost of Prescription Drugs to Seniors With the Medicare Drug Benefit, by Dean Baker, Dec. 4, 2003  PDF

Health Care Reports

The Corporation for Economic Development issued its annual report card on the health of the states. How did your state fare? Check Here.

The Social Health of the States covers how each state is doing with regard to the social health of its citizens.   To see how Maine received 6 A's, 4 B's, 2 C's and 4 D's, check out the  Boston Globe.

A new report from the Institute of Medicine states "uninsured Americans get about half the medical care of people with insurance, which tends to leave them sicker and likely to die younger." They're calling for universal health insurance to cover every American by 2010.

Reducing Health Disparities Through a Focus on Communities, November 2002
(51 Pages - 640k ... download time approx. 15 sec over 56k connection)

Regional Development and Physical Activity:  Issues and Strategies for Promoting Health Equity, November 2002
(29 Pages - 268k ... download time approx. 5 sec. over 56k connection)

Community Involvement in the Federal Healthy Start Program, 
PolicyLink, June 2000 
(100 Pages - 1Mb ... download time approx. 25 sec over 56k connection)

Community Involvement in the Federal Healthy Start Program - Summary Document, PolicyLink, June 2000 
(20 Pages - 438k ... download time approx. 10 sec. over 56k connection)

Event Summary: Health Care in America: How to Fix a Troubled System
(Op-Ed) Brookings Institution
3/25/2004

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