Public Health http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/taxonomy/term/22/all en In the Wake of the Supreme Court Decision: Health Care Cost Reduction Strategies http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/post/wake-supreme-court-decision-health-care-cost-reduction-strategies <div class="field field-name-field-post-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/taylor-walsh"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/taylor_walsh86x92.jpg" width="86" height="92" alt="Taylor Walsh" title="Taylor Walsh" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/taylor-walsh">Taylor Walsh</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Principal, Integrative Health &amp; Wellness Strategies</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> The all-permeating factor at the center of discussions after the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act is the unchecked growth of the cost of care. </div></div></div> Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:00:00 +0000 Marijka Lischak 859 at http://www.healthpolicyforum.org The Weight of the Nation: Bringing Researchers, Policymakers and the Public Together to Address the Issue http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/post/bringing-researchers-policymakers-and-public-together-address-weight-nation <div class="field field-name-field-post-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/sarah-lifsey"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/Sarah-Lifsey_0.jpg" width="90" height="89" alt="Sarah Lifsey" title="Policy Associate, Altarum Institute" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/sarah-lifsey">Sarah Lifsey</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Policy Associate, Altarum Institute</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> This year, public health stakeholders have launched three key communication pieces to refocus the problem of obesity. Although these pieces are standalone efforts, they show how powerful coordinated efforts between researchers, local public health professionals and the American public can be. Together, these three pieces can give stakeholders at multiple levels concrete actions they can take to combat the problem of obesity. </div></div></div> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:00:52 +0000 Connie Harich 843 at http://www.healthpolicyforum.org Can You Trust Your Gut? The Importance of Asking Your Audience in Health Communications http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/post/can-you-trust-your-gut-importance-asking-your-audience-health-communications <div class="field field-name-field-post-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/heather-pierce"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/Heather-Pierce-headshot_0.jpg" width="120" height="138" alt="Heather Pierce" title="Director of Strategic Communications, Palladian Partners, Inc." /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/heather-pierce">Heather Pierce</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Director of Strategic Communications, Palladian Partners, Inc.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> Palladian worked closely with NIDA staff to develop the first-ever, easy-to-read website on drug abuse, designed for adults with low reading literacy (eighth grade or below reading level). </div></div></div> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:00:40 +0000 Connie Harich 842 at http://www.healthpolicyforum.org Local, State and the Federal Government Must Do More to Prevent Injuries http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/post/local-state-and-federal-government-must-do-more-prevent-injuries <div class="field field-name-field-post-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/laura-segal"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/laura_segal-91x91.jpg" width="91" height="91" alt="Laura Segal" title="Laura Segal" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/laura-segal">Laura Segal</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Director of Public Affairs, Trust for America&#039;s Health</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> According to a new report, many states and the federal government do not have policies or laws that we know can protect citizens from injury, the leading cause of death for Americans under 44. </div></div></div> Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:44:08 +0000 Marijka Lischak 829 at http://www.healthpolicyforum.org Public Health, Mobile and Social Media: a Nexus of Opportunity http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/post/public-health-mobile-and-social-media-nexus-opportunity <div class="field field-name-field-post-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/jason"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/jason_bonander.jpg" width="83" height="113" alt="Jason Bonander" title="Image of Jason Bonander" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/jason">Jason Bonander</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Director, Office of Informatics and Information Resource Management, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>The challenges facing the public's health today are as serious as they have ever been. Obesity and diabetes are significant health issues for a large proportion of the U.S.</p></div></div></div> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:07:46 +0000 Jonathan Orr 811 at http://www.healthpolicyforum.org Prescription Drug Abuse and Recovery—It Takes a Village http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/post/prescription-drug-abuse-and-recovery-it-takes-village <div class="field field-name-field-post-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/amarie-campbell"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/Amerie-Campbell.jpg" width="120" height="167" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/amarie-campbell">Amarie Campbell</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Health Policy Associate, Altarum Institute</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>In reading <a href="http://healthpolicyforum.org/post/cultural-differences-treatment-pain">Dr. Hua Carroll’s January post</a> here in the <em>Health Policy Forum</em> on the "Cultural Differences in the Treatment of Pain," two statements stood out to me:</p></div></div></div> Tue, 29 May 2012 15:34:55 +0000 Jonathan Orr 801 at http://www.healthpolicyforum.org Unlocking the Promise of Public Health Surveillance Data http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/post/unlocking-promise-public-health-surveillance-data <div class="field field-name-field-post-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/randy-durbin-md"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/randy-durbin.jpg" width="120" height="167" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/randy-durbin-md">Randy Durbin</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Director, Medical Epidemiology and Health Informatics</div></div></div></div></div><div class="field-item odd"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/erica-griffin"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/erica-griffin.jpg" width="120" height="167" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/erica-griffin">Erica Griffin</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Senior Policy Analyst, Altarum Institute</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>The promise of public health surveillance based on near real-time health data is based on the notion that there will be uniform participation among providers, the systems will be easy to utilize, the data will be timely and standardized and the information gained for the systems will be useful.</p></div></div></div> Thu, 17 May 2012 11:49:34 +0000 Jonathan Orr 793 at http://www.healthpolicyforum.org Viral Hepatitis: The Alarm is Sounding on a Silent Epidemic http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/post/viral-hepatitis-alarm-sounding-silent-epidemic <div class="field field-name-field-post-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/antigone-dempsey"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/Antigone-Dempsey.jpg" width="120" height="166" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/antigone-dempsey">Antigone Dempsey</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Lead, Altarum Institute</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> Today, more Americans are dying from viral hepatitis than HIV/AIDS. </div></div></div> Tue, 15 May 2012 11:44:23 +0000 Jonathan Orr 788 at http://www.healthpolicyforum.org Healthy Food Choices and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/post/healthy-food-choices-and-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program <div class="field field-name-field-post-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/john-e-courtney-phd"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/john-courtney86x92.jpg" width="86" height="92" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/john-e-courtney-phd">John E. Courtney, Ph.D.</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Executive Officer, American Society for Nutrition</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>With the rapidly changing economic trends within the United States, participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has ballooned recently.</p></div></div></div> Thu, 03 May 2012 11:53:47 +0000 Jonathan Orr 781 at http://www.healthpolicyforum.org Where You Live Shouldn’t Determine How Healthy You Are (But it Can) http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/post/where-you-live-shouldn-t-determine-how-healthy-you-are-it-does <div class="field field-name-field-post-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/laura-segal"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/laura_segal-91x91.jpg" width="91" height="91" alt="Laura Segal" title="Laura Segal" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/laura-segal">Laura Segal</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Director of Public Affairs, Trust for America&#039;s Health</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Your health shouldn’t be determined by where you live, but two new reports show that where you live, learn, work and play have a major impact on how healthy you are and how long you live.</p></div></div></div> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:31:11 +0000 Jonathan Orr 766 at http://www.healthpolicyforum.org Playing Smart: Getting Started on Joint Use Agreements http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/post/playing-smart-getting-started-joint-use-agreements <div class="field field-name-field-post-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/danielle-marshall"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/danielle_marshall-91x91.jpg" width="91" height="91" alt="Danielle Marshall" title="Danielle Marshall" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/danielle-marshall">Danielle Marshall</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Director of Community Engagement, KaBOOM!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p><em>The City of Niagara Falls was “spending a lot of money to maintain marginal courts where people didn’t want them anyway, and we were getting complaints from neighbors who lived nearby.” “We wanted to use all of that money to create one large-scale park with actual pro</em></p></div></div></div> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:15:41 +0000 Jonathan Orr 747 at http://www.healthpolicyforum.org AIDS 2012: The World is Invited, but Who Will Respond and Who Will Come? http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/post/2012-international-aids-conference-america-world-invited-who-will-respond-and-who-will-come <div class="field field-name-field-post-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/jesse-milan-jr-jd"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/Jesse-Milan-Photo-for-HPF.jpg" width="86" height="92" alt="Jesse Milan Photo" title="Jesse Milan Photo" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/jesse-milan-jr-jd">Jesse Milan, Jr., JD</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Vice President and Director, Community Health Systems, Altarum Institute</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> The world’s largest—and most important—conference for bringing together service providers, advocates, policymakers and scientific and social science researchers to learn about and share advances in prevention, treatment, care and policy for an epidemic that counts 34 million living with HIV/AIDS worldwide takes place in Washington, D.C., from July 22 - 27. However, not everyone who could benefit from this conference will be able to enter the U.S. to attend, and it's worrisome that many people here in the U.S. who most need to hear its messages might not pay attention. </div></div></div> Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:04:11 +0000 Jonathan Orr 745 at http://www.healthpolicyforum.org Edging into the Center: Health Prevention, Improving the Research Process, and the Placebo Effect http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/post/edging-center-health-prevention-improving-research-process-and-placebo-effect <div class="field field-name-field-post-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/taylor-walsh"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/taylor_walsh86x92.jpg" width="86" height="92" alt="Taylor Walsh" title="Taylor Walsh" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/taylor-walsh">Taylor Walsh</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Principal, Integrative Health &amp; Wellness Strategies</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>It is often difficult to discern what is happening on the fringe of things and then decide whether any of it matters.</p></div></div></div> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:38:24 +0000 Jonathan Orr 738 at http://www.healthpolicyforum.org Cultural Differences in the Treatment of Pain http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/post/cultural-differences-treatment-pain <div class="field field-name-field-post-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/hua-carroll-md"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/Hua_Carroll.JPG" width="120" height="109" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/hua-carroll-md">Hua Carroll, M.D.</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Director, Pharmacovigilance, KAI Research, Inc., An Altarum Company</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> Due to the rapid increase in prescription drug abuse, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared prescription drug abuse an epidemic. The latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health indicates that over 70 percent of people who abused prescription pain medications obtained them from friends or relatives, while approximately 5 percent got them from a drug dealer or over the Internet. </div></div></div> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000 Marijka Lischak 698 at http://www.healthpolicyforum.org The Walmart Opportunity: Can Retailers Revamp Primary Care? http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/post/walmart-opportunity-can-retailers-revamp-primary-care <div class="field field-name-field-post-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col node node-author view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts view-mode-author_info_top_of_posts clearfix "> <div class="field field-name-field-author-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/author/kaiser-health-news"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.healthpolicyforum.org/sites/default/files/styles/120_pixels_wide/public/author_photos/khn_logo_light.gif" width="120" height="48" alt="Kaiser Health News" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2><a href="/author/kaiser-health-news">Kaiser Health News</a></h2></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> Just as Walmart and other retailers shook up the prescription drug business by offering $4 generic drugs, the industry now aims to apply its negotiating and marketing clout to tackle problems that vex consumers and the health sector: unpredictable costs, a lack of primary care doctors and inefficient management of chronic illnesses, whose costs drive the majority of health care spending. </div></div></div> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:57:40 +0000 Marijka Lischak 682 at http://www.healthpolicyforum.org