This column doesn't really give us direction but it does focus on some key issues. One, of course, is how much we in the U.S. spend compared to outcomes as compared to all other industrialized countries. But, I want to highlight the point made in his first paragraph: Insurance started during WWII as an employer connected benefit. That experiment failed, hurts us patients, hurts the businesses and needs to be changed. We need to divorce health insurance (AKA access to health care) from a job.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Fixing the dated U.S. health care system | StarTribune.com
Fixing the dated U.S. health care system | StarTribune.com:
This column doesn't really give us direction but it does focus on some key issues. One, of course, is how much we in the U.S. spend compared to outcomes as compared to all other industrialized countries. But, I want to highlight the point made in his first paragraph: Insurance started during WWII as an employer connected benefit. That experiment failed, hurts us patients, hurts the businesses and needs to be changed. We need to divorce health insurance (AKA access to health care) from a job.
This column doesn't really give us direction but it does focus on some key issues. One, of course, is how much we in the U.S. spend compared to outcomes as compared to all other industrialized countries. But, I want to highlight the point made in his first paragraph: Insurance started during WWII as an employer connected benefit. That experiment failed, hurts us patients, hurts the businesses and needs to be changed. We need to divorce health insurance (AKA access to health care) from a job.
Friday, March 29, 2013
State paid $207M too much for health care Med plans'profits too healthy, report says | StarTribune.com
State paid $207M too much for health care Med plans'profits too healthy, report says | StarTribune.com:
"The Segal Group said the state should have been collecting its own financial information to set rates, not relying on the plans’ self-reported summaries.
"The Segal Group said the state should have been collecting its own financial information to set rates, not relying on the plans’ self-reported summaries.
Administrative costs did not seem to be put under “any critical or diligent review,” according to the report. Auditors also found problems with the analysis of historical data that led to “systematic overstatement” of cost trends."
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Keeping the “best care” option out of the health spending equation | Remapping Debate
Keeping the “best care” option out of the health spending equation | Remapping Debate
Quote from Kip Sullivan:
"Man oh man, what a fantastic article this is! Thank you for sending it to us, Craig. I have never heard of the author or the organization (Remapping Debate), but it is essential reading. With excellent research and reasoning it decimates the two most fundamental premises underlying managed care theology and the ACA, to wit:
Quote from Kip Sullivan:
"Man oh man, what a fantastic article this is! Thank you for sending it to us, Craig. I have never heard of the author or the organization (Remapping Debate), but it is essential reading. With excellent research and reasoning it decimates the two most fundamental premises underlying managed care theology and the ACA, to wit:
- overuse is the cause of our health care crisis and
- by cutting overuse, we can “save money and not harm a hair on a patient’s head” to quote Don Berwick, Obama’s CMS director until recently."
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
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