John R. Graham
Wednesday, June 25, 2008Organized Medicine's Unhealthy Focus on "Medical Loss Ratio"Why Does the California Medical Association Want Accountants to Run Health Care? By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareThe California Medical Association has released its annual ranking of the state's health plans. No, the ranking does not measure health plans by the degree to which their reimbursement policies hew to medically recognized ... more »»
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008Has the Autism Mandate Avalanche Hit A Roadblock?Pennsylvania Senate holds up ultra-expensive mandate By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareLast August, I wrote an op-ed in the Philadelphia Business Journal decrying the Commonwealth's rush to impose a mandate for autism treatment costing $36,000 per patient. (Note: this is a specific, ... more »»
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Monday, June 23, 2008California Health Plans' SuccessLike the thousands of planes that land safely every day By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareLike other bloggers here, I'm no fan of employer-sponsored health care. I wish those who benefit from it would embrace real, consumer-driven reform. Nevertheless, I am always amazed at how the mainstream media covers stories of health insurers' "denial of care". It's ... more »»
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Friday, June 20, 2008New York's Discount Prescription Drug Plan: Medicaid Hammer With A Twist?Have Empire State Pols Learned Nothing From the Failure of Maine Rx? By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareA bill to provide discounts on prescription drugs to low-income New Yorkers recently passed the Assembly and has moved over to the Senate. A03848 seeks to give the state the power to "negotiate" discounts for prescription ... more »»
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Thursday, June 19, 2008Does Families USA Know What's Up in Its Own Backyard?Ranks states by NIH funding while condemning pharmaceutical investment By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareFamilies USA seems to be really polishing up its business of putting out publications that rank states according to dubious criteria. They're coming fast and furious. This latest one is a real howler - but for what it ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008Let Go of Your Hats: A Good Health Bill Will Not Pass In CaliforniaBill to Allow Educational Mailings to Patients Killed Stone Dead By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareHas it been only a few days since I advised readers to "hold on to your hats: a good health bill might actually pass in California"? Although it got through the Senate at the end of May, the Assembly ... more »»
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008Single-Payer Health Care in California: Legislative Analyst Weighs InBill only two years old, but taxes must be hiked one third more than anticipated By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareThe last decisive action we saw on SB-840, a bill to impose government-monopoly health care in California, was a gubernatorial veto in ... more »»
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Monday, June 16, 2008Massachusetts Health Reform: More Money, PleaseIf the New York Times endorses it, it doesn't necessarily mean it's bad..... By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health Care.....but it's a pretty good bet. One can never really be sure one's right on public policy until the New York Times weighs in on the issue. And so it has, giving the more »»
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Friday, June 13, 2008Families USA's "Failing Grades" Gets A Failing GradeBig surprise: State insurance regulators favor more insurance regulation! By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareFamilies USA has found itself a great line of business: make up a quick and easy number to demonstrate how awful private health care is, and then replicate the made-up number for each state. We've already learned that 3,100 Californians ... more »»
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Thursday, June 12, 2008Will the University of California take over "Killer King"?L.A. County looks like it wants to replicate S.F.'s "success": "Pay-or-play" mandate next? By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareFinally, California's mainstream media has run a story that allows me to address two of my favorite bugbears: Los Angeles' Martin Luther King, Jr.-Harbor Hospital, and San Francisco's Health Access Plan! Apparently, Gov. Schwarzenegger and other politicians are more »»
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