An interesting New York Times editorial sums up the key issues surrounding the soaring costs of health care in America. A number of ideas about possible causes and solutions are mentioned, and their known pros and cons discussed. The notion of consumer directed health care is mentioned, among other subjects, and some possible limitations are [...]
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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, [...]
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Making Progress
Posted in health care, insurance, markets, research discussion, tagged care, CDHP, CIGNA, consumer, diabetes, economic, health, healthcare, HealthPartners, high-deductible, HMO, income tax, insurance, medical, medicine, PPO, preventative, risk on November 18, 2007 | No Comments »
Two recent studies conducted by CIGNA and HealthPartners, a Minnesota-based health plan, show that people with Consumer Directed Health Plans (CDHPs) - the kind that are coupled with an HSA or HRA, paid about 4% less in medical expenses than those with traditional HMOs and PPOs. Additionally, CIGNA showed that overall medical costs in the [...]
Concierge Physician for Gen-Xer’s and Gen-Yer’s
Posted in concierge doctors, health care, insurance, tagged account, Blackberry, blog, carbon, care, concierge, consultant, consumer, Crossover Health Bog, doctor, Facebook, fiber, Gen X, Gen Y, General Motors, Generation X, Generation Y, GM, health, hsa, innovation, insurance, Jay Parkinson, nurse, patient, physician, Playdough, primary, radical, savings, unorthodox, Web 2.0 on November 13, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Being a simple-minded person, the best metaphor I can think of for what I’m about to describe is this: “concept car.” This is where a car manufacturer showcases radical thinking and new technology by developing a machine full of ideas, many of which will make it to market in a real car. Take for example [...]
Great Commentary on Death of Primary Care Physicians…
Posted in health care, insurance, tagged assistant, care, clinic, doctor, health, nurse, PA, pharmacy, physician, primary, RN on November 6, 2007 | No Comments »
The WCShort blog has an interesting post about some of the implications of a fast-food approach to primary care that seems to be emerging.
Smarter Germs Breed Smarter Drugs: Markets in Action
Posted in health care, politics, tagged antibiotic, bloomberg, cancer, care, cnn, cubucin, disease, doctor, drugs, health, heart, hospital, infection, medicare, mrsa, patent, penicillin, propecia, staph, viagra on November 6, 2007 | No Comments »
People have criticized drug companies lately for spending billions on non-necessary drugs like Propecia and Viagra - the balding pill and the boner pill, respectively…and not focusing on an aging family of antibiotics. Drug companies continue to develop and sell antibiotics, which have thin profit margins, but most of the research & development has gone [...]
State-run hospitals in the UK resemble Calcutta
Posted in health care, insurance, tagged bacteria, Britain, care, consumer, death, doctor, England, health, healthcare, hospital, hsa, insurance, kill, nurse, nursing, price, pricing, UK on November 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Many laud England’s health care system as one of the models that could work in U.S. A recent L.A. Times Article shows Britain’s National Health Service (which already imposes high taxes on its populous) is suffering from a $1 billion+ budget deficit and is having to lay off thousands of workers. With an already [...]
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