Health Care
Friday, August 24, 2007High Deductible Health Plan Cuts Emergency Department UseFiled As: Health CareGovernors, commissions, and legislatures intent on building health care regulatory empires to force larger and larger segments of the U.S. population into depending on government for health care tend to view personal ownership of health insurance as A Bad Thing. This goes double for high-deductible ... more »»
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Friday, August 24, 2007Recomended Reading for Putative Health ReformersFiled As: Health CareWhile state health care reform commissions labor mightly to put into practice the unworkable health plans cooked up by various foundations dedicated to having the U.S. health system imitate the Canadian, British, and European failures, the Council for Affordable Health Insurance has issued more »»
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Friday, August 24, 2007Go You Chicken Fat GoFiled As: Health CareIt's Friday, so it's time for a little silliness. If you think that government nagging about public health is relatively recent, think again. In the early 1960s, the Kennedy Administration got Meredith Wilson (he of "Music Man" fame) to record a song for use in public schools ... more »»
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Thursday, August 23, 2007Paying for DoctorsFiled As: Health CareEconomic literacy is important. It is even more important when you cover one of the most controversial issues for the state's leading newspaper. Winthrop Quigley covers health care for the Albuquerque Journal and while I don't have a major problem ... more »»
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Thursday, August 23, 2007Crisis of Convenience: You Can't Keep a Busy Bureaucrat DownRidiculous responses to the rise of retail clinics Filed As: Health CareThe New York Times carries a front-page feature today on the explosion of convenient clinics in America’s largest city. The Times counts 600 clinics nationwide, and Duane Reade alone plans to roll out 60 more in New York ... more »»
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Thursday, August 23, 2007SCHIP Reform Goes FirstFiled As: Health CareMixing reauthorization and expansion of SCHIP is confusing the public, and we are at risk that major policy decisions about the future of our health sector could be made without a full debate. I've offered some suggestions for reforming SCHIP for the journal more »»
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Thursday, August 23, 2007The Advantage of Advantage PlansFiled As: Health CareMedicare Advantage Plans are under attack in Congress for costing more than traditional fee for service Medicare. In a previous post I have argued that critics of Advantage are comparing apples and oranges and that Advantage plans offer ... more »»
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Thursday, August 23, 2007Giving Doctors a Check-UpFiled As: Health CareLast year, I wrote (PDF) about the growing popularity of weblogs and online rating systems for doctors, like more »»
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007SWAG Does Little to Boost SCHIP EnrollmentFiled As: Health CareIn the wake of CMS' announcement that states must cover 95% of already-eligible kids before expanding SCHIP, the New York Times more »»
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007Out of Left Field: Do 36% of Californians Favor State Monopoly Health Care?Field Poll Results Defy Explanation: A SiCKO effect? Filed As: Health CareThe Field Poll has been questioning Californians since 1947, but I doubt there’s ever been such a dramatic shift as in this morning's poll: 36% of voters now favor “government-run” health care, versus only 24% ... more »»
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