Why people hate health reform

Byadmin March 22, 2011

Here is a link to an Op-Ed I wrote with two colleagues at Duke, in which we provide a novel explanation for why so many Americans hate Obamacare.

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An Unhealthily Frightening Fiscal Future
Byadmin June 10, 2013

A recent article in the New York Times, projects increasing problems with federal budget deficits over the next several decades, problems caused in no small part by the likelihood of increased health expenditures. More evidence of the importance of overcoming partisanship. Whether you are a liberal or conservative, you have to recognize that Medicare and…

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Obamacare and Donut Holes
Byadmin June 27, 2012

If you thought donuts were bad for your health, consider donut holes. Specifically, the donut hole sitting smack in the middle of Medicare Part D, the program helping senior citizens pay for their medications. The donut hole is a gap in coverage causing people, once they’ve received a certain level of financial support for their prescriptions, to have to go it alone for a while, bea
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If Costs Are Unknown, Can Doctors Still Talk About Them?
Byadmin June 17, 2014

I have been writing a bit lately on the need for healthcare providers to talk with their patients about healthcare costs, if for no other reason than to enable patients to determine whether they can afford to pay for the healthcare that their doctors are recommending them to receive. I have been criticized for this position, on…

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Hospital Pricing Insanity
Byadmin May 10, 2013

Once again, lots of reports in the news about crazy variation in hospital prices in the United States, with thousands or tens of thousands of dollars difference in the price of services from one hospital to its neighbor across the street. Marketplace did a nice report on this issue recently, including an interview with yours…

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Are Health Insurance Exchanges the Key to Improving Medicaid? Possible Lessons from Arkansas
Byadmin September 6, 2013

Imagine you are the breadwinner for a family of four, and have been out of work for a while in the recessionary economy. Your financial situation is so dire that you have had to enroll your family in Medicaid. Then you find a job, not one that will make you wealthy but one that pays…

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Are People from Pennsylvania Sick?
Byadmin March 27, 2013

In a 2011 JAMA article, Gil Welch and colleagues looked at how many chronic diseases Medicare enrollees had across different regions of the country. They came up with the following picture: This picture may confirm some of your suspicions. For example, elderly in the north are sicker than ones in, say, Arizona or Southern Florida,…

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Why people hate health reform

An Unhealthily Frightening Fiscal Future

Obamacare and Donut Holes

If Costs Are Unknown, Can Doctors Still Talk About Them?

Hospital Pricing Insanity

Are Health Insurance Exchanges the Key to Improving Medicaid? Possible Lessons from Arkansas

Are People from Pennsylvania Sick?

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