My Doctor Told Me The Cost Of The Appointment… Give Or Take $200!
My visit to this well-intentioned dermatologist illustrates one of the flaws of this idea of consumer empowerment.
Coverage That Kills – Breast Cancer Care Is Undermined By High Deductible Health Plans
Here is an awful thing about high deductible health plans: They delay breast cancer diagnosis and get in the way of proper breast cancer care.
There Is Nothing Wrong With Healthcare Profits
The problem with American healthcare is not the existence of greed.
Colon Cancer Plus American Health Insurance – A Fatal Combination
The US is rapidly becoming a high out-of-pocket healthcare system, often with disastrous results.
Why is Healthcare so Expensive? Blame the Lobbyists!
American healthcare is ridiculously expensive.
It is Possible to Shop for Healthcare Bargains if You Can Access Them
Are you one of the many Americans facing potentially high healthcare costs? If you have a high deductible health plan, or even a medium deductible one; if you are expected to fork over substantial copays for medical care—I’ve got good news for you. There are potentially a lot of healthcare bargains out there, if you’re…
Oncologists Were Paid to Prescribe Generic Chemotherapy (Here’s Why It Didn’t Change a Thing)
Brand-name chemotherapy is often incredibly expensive, in excess of $100,000 per patient. Sometimes there are excellent generic alternatives, but many oncologists are hesitant to prescribe generics because such prescriptions cost them money. For many medicines, you see, oncologists receive a 6% markup, meaning when they infuse a patient with a $10,000 monthly course of chemotherapy,…
Sick to Debt Now Available as Audio Book
I’m excited to announce that my book is now available through Audible, to accompany you on all those long commutes you are no longer making to your job every day. Sigh… But seriously, I think the topic of this book is more relevant than ever, and hope that having another way to “read” Sick to…
Reducing End-Of-Life Costs. It’s Not A Futile Pursuit.
In my most recent post, I describe several psychologic and economic phenomena impeding our ability to rein in the cost of end-of-life care. In brief, people with nothing to lose, who don’t trust doctors recommending they receive hospice care, and who face few economic consequences for receiving expensive care – they aren’t likely to put the…
The Cost Of Dying In The US Is Exorbitant. Behavioral Economics Explains Why.
Six-year old Kimmy Merrill fell into an abandoned well outside of Oswega, Pennsylvania, her cries unnoticed in the remote countryside until her mother Susan wandered within earshot of the well. Unable to save Kimmy even with the help of local firefighters, Susan pleaded for rescue workers to dig a hole parallel to the well. Desperate…