Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative

2003 Monthly Newsletters

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RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, December, 2003 (as a pdf file )
Why Medicare Bill Should Pass
Rurals’ Greater Need for Medicare Drug Benefit
Consumer Driven & Employers Cutting Losses
Defined Contribution Plan Explosion Predicted
Paying For Quality—Policy Elite Speaks Up
Balancing Individual & Community Health
Rural Life Stile
Eye On Health Cartoons

RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, November, 2003 (as a pdf file )
Editorial: Defining Access To Care
Rural In The Midwest Means Less Access To Health Care & Worse Health
Wisconsin Can Improve Its Outcomes
Rural Is Not Rural Is Not Urban
Rural In The Eye Of The Beholder
Fancy Footwork
Eye On Health Cartoons

RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, October, 2003 (as a pdf file )
Medicare: Defined Benefit Or Contribution?
National Health Reform Needs To Follow The Money
Wonk, Wonkless, Read An Epidemic Of Care Radicalizing the Middle Quality: How Much Are We Like Widgets? Putting Wheels On Suitcases
Hug Your Rural Doc & Support Externships
RWHC 12th Annual Rural Health Essay Prize
Beyond Frontier, Rural Health Amazon Style
Eye On Health Cartoons

RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, September, 2003 (as a pdf file )
A Vision for the Future of Rural Health?
We Can’t Improve What We Don’t See
Focusing on Variation in Medical Practice
Jury Out on Consumer Driven Health Plans
Enough Already Re Liability Insurers
New Report on How Networks Add Value
Passion Is No Excuse for Political Excess
Eye On Health Cartoons

Gone Fishing, No August Newsletter

RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, July, 2003 (as a pdf file )
Drive For Medicare Equity Has Deep Roots
Evolving The Rural Safety Net Strategy
RWHC Quality Improvement Capacity Model
Dietary Past Part Of Today’s Health Crisis
Doctor Smith Goes To Town Amazon Style
Eye On Health Cartoons

RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, June, 2003 (as a pdf file )
Ignore Small Business Struggle At Your Peril
Minnesotan Frames Health Reform Issues
President Proposes Medicare Experiment
Rural Best Practices Not Always Small Urban
Home Grown & Deadlier Than Cigarettes
Warm Drippy Nose Replaces Cold Needle
Eye On Health Cartoons

RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, May, 2003 (as a pdf file )
Rural Hospitals & FQHCs Form Alliance
Supreme Court Allows For Fair Competition
WHA Gives Leadership Award To Sen. Dale Schultz
Insurance Self-Advocacy Guidebook On-Line
RWHC Congratulates Harold Brown
How Do We Address Competition’s Dark Side?
Medicare Rural-Urban Equity Goes From Bad To Worse
Eye On Health Cartoons

RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, April, 2003 (as a pdf file )
Our Communities Feel Medicare Shortchange STOP The Proposed Elimination Of Wisconsin Medicaid Rural Equity Payments
WI Small Employer Pool: Fish Or Cut Bait Wisconsin Adopts A Population Health Focus What You Can Do To Improve Population Health Wisconsin’s Shame, Family Medicine Residencies Sit Empty Uninsured Rates Affect All Of Us RWHC 11th Annual Rural Health Essay Prize Deadline Is April 15th Antismoking Measures —The Perfect Storm Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, March, 2003 (as a pdf file )
Arguing For Rural Community Hospitals Fed. Way: Higher Quality = Lower Payment Public-Private Partnership For Recruitment Tools For Improving Partnership Synergy The Rural Lie—Media, Perceptions & Policy Fiscal Chicken’s Coming Home
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, February, 2003 (as a pdf file )
Mega-HMOs Set To Invade Rural America?
Insurance For Small Employers
RWHC WAN To Receive Telecom Subsidy
End Of The Drug Company Kick-Back?
Rural Dentists Don’t Grow In the Fields
Eye On Health Cartoons

RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, January, 2003 (as a pdf file )
Bioterrorism Prep Requires Collaboration
Boomers Begin To Drive Work Redesign
Can This Health Insurance System Survive?
Rural Wisconsin Staff Recruitment Initiated
Rural IT Requires Collaboration & Funding
One Person Can Make A Difference
Cooperatives Mimic Slime Mold
Eye On Health Cartoons

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