Penelope Lemov

Recent Articles

• The Coverage Conundrum
• Oct 31, 2007
• They're on the rise - again. Health insurance premiums are up 6.1 percent on average this year - a relatively modest increase - but overall they're 78...

• Going after GASB
• Oct 31, 2007
• When public finance officers met this summer in Anaheim, their association's outgoing president kicked off the convention with an all-out assault on an accounting board....

• Health Court Advantage
• Aug 31, 2007
• Get ready for a medical malpractice crisis. The roiling stock market could drag down earnings on investment portfolios: If it does, insurance companies that issue...

• Lean but Mean Medicaid
• Jul 1, 2007
• It's one thing to use the carrot to encourage healthy behavior. It's another to use the stick--especially on children.

• A System in Collapse
• Jun 30, 2007
• Picture this: Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell comes to the nation's capital to tell a gathering of health care advocates, health industry representatives and health writers...

• Medicaid's Breaking Point
• Apr 30, 2007
• Language is powerful. So when a negative word becomes linked to an idea or program, the result often is damaging. That's what I see happening...

• The Muni Market's New Look
• Apr 1, 2007
• Changes are afoot--some welcome, others less so.

• Dialogue in the Delta
• Feb 28, 2007
• It isn't a strong economy that produces healthy people. It's healthy people that produce a strong economy." Peter Johnson is standing in a meeting room...

• Rough Sea's
• Feb 1, 2007
• There's a new and higher level of strain in the already-tense relationship between GASB and state and local officials.

• Risk Relief: Indiana Aims to Insure Good Health
• Feb 1, 2007
• A growing number of states and localities are turning to incentives to move the employees they insure into healthier lifestyles. Indiana is going one step further. It is trying to target employees who are at risk for illnesses and offering them special services to improve their odds of staying healthy.

• Health Court Advantage
• Jan 1, 2007
• The current system of blame and lawsuits is no way to deal with medical errors.

• Rx Side Effects
• Dec 31, 2006
• Talk about impact. One day Wal-Mart is launching a small pilot program in Tampa to sell 314 generic drugs at $4 each for a 30-day supply. Two...

• McMedical Care
• Dec 1, 2006
• The rise of health clinics in retail stores could affect both health policy and regulation.

• The Biological Boom
• Nov 1, 2006
• As biologic drugs enter the mainstream, they could break the Medicaid bank--and the health care system.
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• Pension Pressures
• Oct 1, 2006
• These are threatening times for retirement funds and retirees.