Saturday, December 30, 2017
Friday, December 29, 2017
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Saturday, December 23, 2017
State regulator approves $620 million budget for OneCare experiment - VTDigger
State regulator approves $620 million budget for OneCare experiment - VTDigger
Looks like Vermont is going the wrong direction. Poor Bernie.
Looks like Vermont is going the wrong direction. Poor Bernie.
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Repealing the Individual Health Insurance Mandate: An Updated Estimate
Repealing the Individual Health Insurance Mandate: An Updated Estimate
The CBO's boring & sad official estimates.
The CBO's boring & sad official estimates.
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Monday, December 18, 2017
Medical mergers in Minnesota are on the rise - StarTribune.com
Medical mergers in Minnesota are on the rise - StarTribune.com
Comment from Kip Sullivan:
"The reporter, Chris Snowbeck, warned me he wouldn't draw any conclusions
in the article and that I would probably be a tad annoyed by that. He
was right. I'm a bit bothered by the fact that it gives both sides of a
debate the opportunity to comment, but it doesn't help the reader
understand which side the evidence supports.
But on the whole
I'm glad Chris was interested enough to write this article and to talk
to me about it. It appears in the Sunday edition (the most read edition)
of the state's largest newspaper, and it discusses one of the most
important issues in health policy today. This issue is rarely discussed
in the mainstream media with any thoroughness. Chris got the main issues
out front and center.
The best feature of the article is that it
clearly states that mergers raise costs and, slightly less clearly,
that merger madness is a response to the "value-based purchasing" fads
endorsed first by the ACA in 2010 and then by MACRA in 2015. Where the
article gets unnecessarily agnostic is on the question of whether the
higher costs are worth the allegedly improved "value.""
Comment from Kip Sullivan:
"The reporter, Chris Snowbeck, warned me he wouldn't draw any conclusions
in the article and that I would probably be a tad annoyed by that. He
was right. I'm a bit bothered by the fact that it gives both sides of a
debate the opportunity to comment, but it doesn't help the reader
understand which side the evidence supports.
But on the whole
I'm glad Chris was interested enough to write this article and to talk
to me about it. It appears in the Sunday edition (the most read edition)
of the state's largest newspaper, and it discusses one of the most
important issues in health policy today. This issue is rarely discussed
in the mainstream media with any thoroughness. Chris got the main issues
out front and center.
The best feature of the article is that it
clearly states that mergers raise costs and, slightly less clearly,
that merger madness is a response to the "value-based purchasing" fads
endorsed first by the ACA in 2010 and then by MACRA in 2015. Where the
article gets unnecessarily agnostic is on the question of whether the
higher costs are worth the allegedly improved "value.""
Saturday, December 16, 2017
The Appeal Of Canadian Health Care For American Doctors : Shots - Health News : NPR
The Appeal Of Canadian Health Care For American Doctors : Shots - Health News : NPR
This includes some really important points....It needs to be seen as a RIGHT. To not do so is "...so wrong. It just seems utterly wrong...". We need to adopt a "...shared value that we all deserve access to health care...".
This includes some really important points....It needs to be seen as a RIGHT. To not do so is "...so wrong. It just seems utterly wrong...". We need to adopt a "...shared value that we all deserve access to health care...".
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Saturday, December 2, 2017
My Turn: Andrew S. Brem: Let's move on to single-payer
My Turn: Andrew S. Brem: Let's move on to single-payer
"As additional benefits, people would no longer be tied to a job they don’t like because of health insurance and employers would no longer be burdened by the costs of health-care coverage for employees."
"As additional benefits, people would no longer be tied to a job they don’t like because of health insurance and employers would no longer be burdened by the costs of health-care coverage for employees."
Holst: America needs universal health care | Opinion | iowastatedaily.com
Holst: America needs universal health care | Opinion | iowastatedaily.com
"...health care should not be viewed as a product to be purchased, but as a basic human right."
"...health care should not be viewed as a product to be purchased, but as a basic human right."
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