Democratic leaders in the House continue to count votes one by one as debate proceeds on the sweeping healthcare reform bill. A vote could come as soon as 10 p.m. tonight, and it's anticipated that the vote on the bill will be close.

If you are looking for a lucrative career in the medical field, without the extensive cost and years of training required to get an M.D., you might consider a career as an anesthesiologist assistant. The average starting salaries for 2006 graduates was $95,000 to $120,000 for a 40 hour work week, plus all the great benefits associated with a medical career. Top pay in this field averages $160,000 to $180,000.

In this Sunday Telegraph article, the Professor of Health Policy at Imperial College makes six simple suggestions that in his personal view would improve Britain's very expensive but extremely flawed National Health Service, the NHS.

Statin prescription varies across geographic locations in Australia, demonstrating inequalities in healthcare.

One-third of El Paso’s residents cross the Texas-Mexico border to Ciudad Juarez to purchase medication and health care services, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health El Paso Regional campus.

Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - This past weekend, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published a slew of articles about dozens of doctors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who have side jobs with drug companies [1]. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) has also trained his eye on UW, where federally mandated disclosure forms don't require doctors to specify the amount of any industry pay exceeding $20,000.

With health reform high on the agenda of the incoming Congress and President, a new analysis of legislative proposals—including the plans of President-elect Barack Obama and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT)—shows that several proposals already put forth could substantially reduce the number of uninsured Americans, and would either reduce health care spending or add only modestly to annual health care expenditures.

McCain spoke disdainfully of "gold-plated" health care plans - (like the one he gets as a member of U.S. Congress) - that pay for hair transplants (why does he keep saying that? Does he knows senators who got one? or is he saying heart transplants - Cheney?)

Patients have on average a 70 percent lower chance of dying at the nation's top-rated hospitals compared with the lowest-rated hospitals across 17 procedures and conditions analyzed in the eleventh annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study, issued today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization.

Healthcare is one of the top topics in the minds of the voters. U.S. presidential nominee, Democrat Barack Obama, says his rival's health care plan is "radical" and could cause millions of Americans to lose their benefits.

Finding better ways to deliver healthcare to patients is key to ensuring that Medicare is able to meet the needs of the nation's baby boomers according to a new paper by Geisinger Health System published in Health Affairs.

The Australian accreditation and registration system for international medical graduates is critically ill and the country needs to create a better system to support overseas health professionals or it will continue to face doctor shortages, according to an academic from The Australian National University.