Health Care
Monday, September 17, 2007Price Controls For Doctors Too!Filed As: Health CareI’ve been commenting on how Medicare switched to a DRG System for paying hospitals for services and capital. The system was supposed to promote efficiency in the delivery of health care by making payments “prospective” so that hospitals that delivered care at a lower ... more »»
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Friday, September 14, 2007Uninsured to be "Rescued" in Maryland CountyMedia bias, health care coverage, and the Baltimore Sun Filed As: Health CareThe Baltimore Sun had an interesting headline for a story announcing that Howard County in Maryland is pursuing a plan to provide health care coverage for all residents. This headline surely belongs in ... more »»
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Friday, September 14, 2007Frequent Fatty Cards: The Answer to NHS' Problems?Filed As: Health CareIn a move that turns the "no-hassle rewards" idea on its head, British conservatives ... more »»
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Friday, September 14, 2007Changes to SCHIP Regulations Won't Hurt MinnesotaFiled As: Health CareThe Star Tribune published my most recent SCHIP commentary today. In it, I rebut their editorial board's assertion that the Bush Administration's new SCHIP regulations cuts the program off at ... more »»
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Thursday, September 13, 2007NM Health Care Costs Rising Faster than NationFiled As: Health CareAccording to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the nationwide average premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose an average of 6.1 percent in 2007. While that is slower than in recent years, in New Mexico (according to the more »»
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Thursday, September 13, 2007Maryland's Medicaid Expansion FollyFacing deficit and federal cutbacks, Maryland presses ahead Filed As: Health CareMaryland advocates and policymakers are rallying behind a plan to expand Medicaid in the state. Apparently they aren't reading the news too closely, though. Not only is Maryland facing a deficit but the ... more »»
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Thursday, September 13, 2007Do Incentives In Health Care Matter?Filed As: Health CareIn my last blog post I pointed out that larger hospitals responded to Medicare switching its reimbursements for capital costs to a prospective basis by implementing capital budgeting systems. The logic was that, given a fixed payment for ... more »»
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Thursday, September 13, 2007Could health insurance premiums be based on years, maybe decades of healthy living?Filed As: Health CareToday I had the privilege of attending a panel discussion that included an impressive mix of Minnesota health care entrepreneurs, including Tony Miller (co-founder and previous CEO of Definity Health), Michael Howe (CEO of MinuteClinic), Kyle Rolfing (CEO of RedBrick Health and co-founder of Definity ... more »»
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Thursday, September 13, 2007Hasn't Massachusetts Abolished the Uninsured?Didn't Safety-Net Hospitals Get the Memo? Filed As: Health CareIf you have any doubt that the wheels have come off Commonwealth Care, the Massachusetts health reform that former Gov. Romney signed inApril 2006, read the latest from the Alliance of Massachusetts Safety Net Hospitals,which is upset that the state proposes to “cut millions of dollars from annual ... more »»
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Thursday, September 13, 2007NO SCHIPMake insurance more affordable instead Filed As: Health CareCascade Policy Institute summer intern Anthony Stinton gives his views on why SCHIP should not be expanded in a recent commentary, NO SCHIP. Anthony, who graduated first in his class from the US Air Force Academy ... more »»
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