People like to scoff at the idea of blending health care with shopping. Uttering the very words “consumer driven health care” sends shivers down the spines of “purists” - your local medical specialist, whose life-saving work necessitates the confidence and ego driving the indignancy of the thought. Does consumerism cheapen health care? Well, yes…if you [...]
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Consumerism Cheapening Health Care? Get Over It…
Posted in employee benefits, health care, insurance, markets, psychology, research discussion, tagged America, Brian Klepper, Case Shiller Home Prices Indices, consumer driven health care, consumerism, doctor, Doctorpricing.com, double entendre, drugs.com, economics, economy, ego, HDHP, health care, healthcar, hospital, hsa, nurse, physician, prosperity, Richmond, S&P, SMA Informatics, The Doctor Weighs In, Warren Brennan, webmd.com on March 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Wal-Mart and Health Care
Posted in corporate practices, employee benefits, health care, insurance, markets, tagged benefit, care, Costco, drug, economist, economy, employee, employer, Freakonomics, generic, health, healthcare, HMO, insurance, low wage, Mayo Clinic, medical, Michael Critelli, minimum wage, monopoly, New York Times, NY Times, pharmacy, Pittney Bowes, Steven Levitt, Target, Wal-Mart on November 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
There’s an interesting article in the NY Times about some of the changes Wal-Mart employees will be seeing in health benefits. The purpose of my post isn’t to praise or trash Wal-Mart or its employment practices. The fact of the matter is, Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the world, and with over 1.4mm employees, [...]
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