…layered approach – one that thoughtfully melds together different dimensions and techniques of oversight.” https://www.brookings.edu… Full report: https://www.brookings.edu… *** Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. Why do private insurers establish narrow…
Talking points on HR 3962 with some comparisons to the Senate (Reid) bill in bold and Obama’s proposal in blue.
Charts comparing the three plans from The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune are below. By Ida Hellander, MD Updated on February 24, 2010 Overall – The House bill…
Single-Payer, Health Savings Accounts, or Managed Care?
Minnesota Physicians' Perspectives
…price-tiered competition. This suggests an unwillingness among physician groups to compete directly under managed competition. Yet 118,000 Minnesota state employees and as many as 150,000 employees whose coverage is obtained…
Health policy experts versus everyone else: Why do the experts believe themselves?
…medical care. The three most common explanations doctors offered were variations on the same theme: Reducing uncertainty. Other polls report similar results http://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/~/media/UHG/PDF/2012/UNH-Working-Paper-8.ashx (see p. 8) http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1719740 (see Table 3)….
What will employers do under PPACA?
…employers to adopt total replacement consumer-driven health plans (CDHP) for their active employees. Press release: http://www.towerswatson.com/press/1936 Key findings: http://www.towerswatson.com/research/1935 Report (8 pages): http://www.towerswatson.com/assets/pdf/1935/Post-HCR_Flash_survey_bulletin_5_25_10(1).pdf Although we have seen many employer surveys…
Is the NBT an individual mandate?
…insurance, for instance, is an interesting idea that could gain bipartisan traction. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-vermont14jun14,0,4682219.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials And… Cheers and jeers for Mass. insurance mandate By Leah Carlson Shepherd Employee Benefit News June 1,…
Psst. The real scoop on Patient Assistance Programs
…is www.themedicineprogram.com. It appears strange that they claim to be non-profit with a com., and not org, but buyer beware I guess. Physicians should be aware that a large number…
Scrooge & Marley, Inc. — The True Conservative Agenda
…earnings of those committed to their charge.” He added: “I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom. ……
Victor Fuchs explains resistance to national health insurance
Government Payment for Health Care — Causes and Consequences By Victor R. Fuchs, Ph.D. The New England Journal of Medicine December 1, 2010 The most obvious, easily quantifiable difference between…
Jack Lewin, M.D., EVP and CEO of the California Medical Association, responds on the quote of AMA President Richard Corlin
…Care Options Project have been posted: http://www.healthcareoptions.ca.gov/ Two page summaries of the nine options: http://www.healthcareoptions.ca.gov/final/Summaries_ALL%20040502.pdf Cost and coverage analysis by the Lewin Group: http://www.healthcareoptions.ca.gov/final/CA%20Report%20-%20Medi-Cal.pdf Qualitative analysis by AZA Consulting: http://www.healthcareoptions.ca.gov/docs/Final%20presentation%20document%201-22.pdf…
D. Light on Fukuyama's "History" and D. Massey on "American Exceptionalism"
…do, based not on solidarity or equity but on individual freedom and responsibility. (For a synopsis, see http://www.healthpaconline.net/rekindling/Articles/Light.htm. For the article, see ttp://www.thehastingscenter.org/Publications/HCR/Detail.aspx?id=2574.) 2) For infants and small children to begin…
D. Light on Fukuyama's "History" and D. Massey on "American Exceptionalism"
…States do, based not on solidarity or equity but on individual freedom and responsibility. (For a synopsis, seehttp://www.healthpaconline.net/rekindling/Articles/Light.htm. For the article, see ttp://www.thehastingscenter.org/Publications/HCR/Detail.aspx?id=2574.) 2) For infants and small children to…