John R. Graham
Tuesday, February 3, 2009Who Paid For Those Octuplets' Delivery?Mother of 8's Hollywood deal unlikely, but "medical bankruptcy" ain't in the cards, either. By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareI've waited until the climate of public opinion turned critical to weigh in on the recent birth of octuplets to a woman in the Los Angeles area. According to today's news, people ... more »»
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Friday, January 30, 2009Why Health Care Costs So Much: A Book ReviewTwo insurance men tell it straight: Hand this book out like a religious tract! By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareGreg Dattilo and Dave Racer are two insurance men with lots of experience and understanding of what's right and wrong in U.S. health care. Every couple of years they write a book, and they've just published more »»
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009Medical Tourism in Canada: A Growing Enterprise?As in Cuba, so in Canada: Locals Suffer & Foreigners Benefit By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareMedical Travel Today is a very interesting (free) newsletter published by Laura Carabello, whom I've met a couple of times. Imagine my surprise when I saw a feature in last week's issue about medical tourism into Canada,... more »»
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Monday, January 26, 2009Chicago Hospital Pricing: Is a 40% Discount Enough?Never mind: pricing policies are starting to make sense By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareThe Chicago Tribune reports that area hospitals are giving discounts of up to 40% to uninsured patients, or even "anyone who asks". This may be a result of a more »»
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Friday, January 23, 2009Free(ing) Health Insurance in California?SB 92 frees Californians to buy health insurance of their choice By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareState senator Sam Aanestad is still rolling out good health-care legislation in the Golden State. A few months ago, he introduced a bill that would improve California's high-risk pool for health insurance, by allowing its beneficiaries ... more »»
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Thursday, January 22, 2009Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying for State Take-Over of Health Care?Schwarzenegger's health "reform" lives on at California Endowment By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareLast January, governor Schwarzenegger’s expensive and unwieldy proposal for so-called “universal” health care finally gasped its last breath, after a long year of lobbying and coalition-building by the governor’s team. Good thing, too, as I more »»
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009Government Planning Makes Long-Term Planning ImpossibleDespite "universal" health care, Mass. spending out of control By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareI envy the good people of Massachusetts at least one thing: (in my humble opinion) the Boston Globe has the best coverage of local health policy. (Pity me, I'm stuck with the Los Angeles Times, and its kin.) Prompted ... more »»
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009Hospitals' "Triple Whammy" Demands ReformCalifornia hospitals struggle with busted budgets By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareThe Los Angeles Times reports that California hospitals are suffering a fiscal "triple whammy": their investments are in the tank; they cannot borrow money in today's frozen credit markets; and operating revenues have collapsed. Like I wrote in my more »»
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Friday, January 16, 2009UnitedHealth Group: The Gift That Keeps on GivingAfter NY's "Cuomortician" gets $50 million, AMA next in line for $350 million By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareIt looks like UnitedHealth Group's trials have just begun. Shortly after NY attorney-general, Andrew Cuomo, announced that UHG's subsidiary, Ingenix, a database-vendor, was happy to pay him $50 million to get off their ... more »»
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Thursday, January 15, 2009NY's "Cuomortician" Seals The Deal on Price FixingA-G Shakes Down UnitedHealth Group for $50 Million, Aetna for $20 Million By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareAfter almost a year of investigation, NY attorney-general Andrew Cuomo has finally finished his investigation of how the state's health plans deal with claims for out-of-network care. The result: UnitedHealth Group willl ... more »»
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