What Do People Think About When Choosing Health Insurance Plans?

Byadmin November 20, 2013

CA NPR Here is a discussion I had with Tess Vigeland of Los Angeles Public Radio about the psychology of choosing health plans.
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Ethics | Health Policy | Medical Decision Making

Death by Poison – A New American Epidemic
Byadmin September 12, 2019January 6, 2020

I’ll get right to the dismal data: Americans are dying from poison at an alarming rate. In 2005, death by poison in the U.S. occurred in about 11 of every 100,000 people over age 15. By 2016, that number had more than doubled, to 24. Any guesses at what could explain this horrific statistic? (To…

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Making Hospital Prices Matter
Byadmin October 30, 2013

I recently learned about a company called OpsCost, which has a very user-friendly website designed to help people figure out how much different hospitals charge for a wide range of treatments and procedures. The company makes use of the data that the Medicare program has recently made available to the general public, and then presents…

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Health & Well-being | Health Care Cost | Health Policy

Could Pay-For-Performance Lead To Overuse Of Antibiotics?
Byadmin September 30, 2014

Not long ago, the Joint Commission (a healthcare quality organization) established that patients with pneumonia should receive antibiotics within four hours of diagnosis. Timely diagnosis and treatment can be the difference between life and death in patients with this illness. In fact, some people believe this kind of quality measure should play a large role…

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SCOTUS Has Ruled on Obamacare. So What’s Next?
Byadmin June 25, 2015

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court Thursday spared the Affordable Care Act from what would have been a death blow. The Court’s action upholds the right of the federal government to subsidize low-income Americans who purchase health insurance through healthcare.gov, the federal exchange. Infamous for its rocky start, healthcare.gov now presents millions of Americans…

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Not So Fun Fact of the Day
Byadmin September 5, 2013

I just came across this picture, from the Kaiser family foundation website, illustrating just how often employee healthcare costs take up 10% or more of employee payroll. The number was already pretty high more than a decade ago, but it’s gotten even higher: For large employees, this amounts to almost $5 per hour put aside…

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Health Care Under the Ryan Budget
Byadmin March 21, 2013

Recently, Congressman Paul Ryan put together another budget balancing proposal. It has received a lot of attention in the news, even though it is as likely to be enacted as is the Senate Democrat alternative– in other words, it won’t be enacted. Nevertheless, for those of you interested in healthcare and healthcare policy, here’s a…

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What Do People Think About When Choosing Health Insurance Plans?

Death by Poison – A New American Epidemic

Making Hospital Prices Matter

Could Pay-For-Performance Lead To Overuse Of Antibiotics?

SCOTUS Has Ruled on Obamacare. So What’s Next?

Not So Fun Fact of the Day

Health Care Under the Ryan Budget

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