As we come to the end of the year, we hope this message finds you well and in anticipation of new things to come in 2010!
For many of us, 2009 was marked by the economic crisis and the increase in demand for time and services amongst our patients and clients. We have been deeply humbled [...]
According to Ronald Bailey’s October 20th contribution to Reason magazine entitled ‘In Health Care, Nobody Knows Anything”, perhaps Nietzsche was correct.
In large measure, Bailey reasons that our “knowing nothing” has roots in our lack of informational (read cost) transparency.
Interestingly, Bailey suggests that many of the existing arguments for nationalized healthcare are misleading, perhaps even intentional. [...]
David Goldhill’s cover story in the current Atlantic is one of the more compelling healthcare pieces of the year. Not since David Gratzer’s “The Cure” or Richard Saul Wurman’s “Understanding Healthcare has there been such a critical, yet common sense assessment of the industry. As an outsider-looking-in, Goldhill explains his personal exploration of a healthcare [...]
Earl Grinols’ latest comments provide one of the simpler and succinct explanations of the health care debate, ultimately arguing against a “public option”.
When it comes to health care, Grinols posits that Congress continues to demonstrate a misunderstanding of even the most basic features of the subject, health insurance versus health status insurance.
Additionally, the language used [...]
Yes, that’s the average increase that is reportedly in store for roughly 163,000 policy holders in Michigan. The news from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is that people under certain plans may expect an average 22 percent increase. Certain supplemental Medicare policies affecting roughly 210,000 Michigan seniors will increase an average of 4.7 percent. [...]
The dizzying pace of reports and retorts regarding the health care reform and policy debate is like nothing in recent memory. Many would agree that it is difficult to read a single report without three more simultaneously “dropping”. Which contributes to the quality, or lack thereof, of many of the responses received from Washington, a [...]
“Democrats face hostile homecomings from health care reform critics”, “Healthcare debate gets uglier”, “Rowdy protesters overrun health care meetings.” So read the headlines this week. For some, this is their worst fear realized. It is even reported that some returning lawmakers have instructed their staff not to release their speaking and town hall schedules for [...]
Well, I suppose a question like this truly has unlimited responses. An unexpected recording device, an unscrupulous donor, an errant intern are concerns that instinctively come to mind. However, in Ezra Klein’s July 29th piece in The Washington Post – “A Market for Health Reform”, the larger concern for most politicians is …a scared populous.
The [...]
Now that most of America has become acquainted with McAllen, TX (population 106,414 in 2000), due to it’s uncommonly high per person healthcare costs, The Health Care Blog (THCB) provided an interesting perspective in their July 22 posting – “Return to McAllen: A Father-Son Interview.”
In an interview with a former McAllen practitioner, the interviewer (also [...]
“Government takeover” versus “public option” and “universal coverage” versus “quality affordable healthcare for all” are two of examples of the carefully crafted terms being used to define healthcare reform. Gail Russel Chaddock reported this week in The Christian Science Monitor that the messaging wars are an important aspect in how the debate is fashioned.
“These are [...]
