Insurance Woes

Byadmin June 18, 2014

A great cartoon from the Kaiser Health News website that pithily captures the “wonders” of the American health insurance system.

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Should North Carolina Expand Medicaid?
Byadmin January 22, 2015

My home state of North Carolina is one of a number of states that refused to expand Medicaid, even though the Affordable Care Act stipulates that the federal government will cover the majority of expenses associated with such expansion. Here is an excellent story in the Fayetteville Observer laying out the issues: Denise Johnson works…

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Ethics | Health Policy

High Healthcare Costs — Are Insurance Premiums a Cause or an Effect?
Byadmin September 13, 2019January 6, 2020

In 2010, the state of Rhode Island decided to tackle high healthcare costs. It did so by requiring insurers to meet affordability standards. The plan worked, but not for the reasons you probably suspect. Let’s start with what Rhode Island’s standards look like. It required several things of insurers: Premium caps – with annual inflation equal…

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Health Policy

Lifesaving Lessons from the Makers of Sprite?
Byadmin November 30, 2012

It was the late 90s and HIV was spreading through South African teenagers like, well, like a sexually transmitted disease. Sleep with a South African at that time and you faced a one in six chance of having a close encounter with the virus. Frightening odds. But not frightening enough to curb teenage sexual activities….

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Why PCORI Should Be Very Wary of Studying Medical Devices
Byadmin October 21, 2013

In the New York Times on Thursday, October 17, Topher Spiro wrote an important op-ed expressing why we need to hold onto the medical device tax that helps pay for parts of the Affordable Care Act. Spiro backs up his argument by pointing out how profitable the device industry is. To his argument I would also add the fact…

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Should Presidential Candidates Be Vilifying Physicians For The High Cost Of Medical Care?
Byadmin February 12, 2016

When asked what enemies she was proud to have made during her political career, Hillary Clinton mentioned, in order, “the NRA, the health insurance companies, the drug companies [and] the Iranians.” Pretty villainous company to place healthcare industries into. But Clinton is not alone among presidential candidates in vilifying pharmaceutical and insurance industries for, as…

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Health Policy

Look How Much Medicare Spends after Patients Leave the Hospital
Byadmin April 15, 2014

As readers of this blog know, Medicare costs loom large in our nation’s future. If we do not find a way to control Medicare spending, it’s hard to imagine any way to remain a solvent nation. As we continue to explore ways of controlling these costs, it is important to remember that a great deal…

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Insurance Woes

Should North Carolina Expand Medicaid?

High Healthcare Costs — Are Insurance Premiums a Cause or an Effect?

Lifesaving Lessons from the Makers of Sprite?

Why PCORI Should Be Very Wary of Studying Medical Devices

Should Presidential Candidates Be Vilifying Physicians For The High Cost Of Medical Care?

Look How Much Medicare Spends after Patients Leave the Hospital

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