Journalists Ezra Klein and Peter Suderman debate the government’s role in the future of U.S. Health Care (thank you Healthcare Economist). Whose argument carries more weight?
Klein’s main argument is decidedly anti-libertarian, which makes perfect sense because I don’t think he is a Libertarian. Klein’s conclusion is that it will take substantial government resources, research and [...]
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Quaid Twins Needed a Less Human Solution…
Posted in health care, insurance, markets, research discussion, tagged health, doctor, hospital, nurse, consumer, pharmacy, medicine, patient, google, airline, airplane, plane, fatality, Boeing, Dennis Quaid, Cedars-Sinai, Heparin, Health Populi, U.S. News, Hollywood, Chaos Theory, prescription, Influence, Milgram, dose, Cerner, record on November 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
According to planecrashinfo.com, the largest single cause of airline fatalities is “pilot error,” at 45%. Studies by Boeing have pegged the number as high as 70%. All other causes make up slivers of the remaining proverbial pie chart. The conclusion to be drawn is that the single weakest link in any complex system we rely [...]
The Overinformed Patient
Posted in health care, law, markets, research discussion, tagged doctor, nurse, consumer, patient, market, health care, Time, orthopedic, surgeon, knee, consumer directed, Dodgeball, Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, information, age, layperson, google, engineer, malpractice, legal, litigation, sue on November 23, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A New York orthopedic surgeon wrote an article in TIME magazine about an annoying would-be patient who had googled so much information about him (education, research, residency) and her knee condition, that it ruined his consultation with her, and he gave up on trying to help her. The doctor describes a continuum of patients: at [...]
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 [...]
Steve Case endorses consumer driven health…
Posted in health care, politics, tagged health, consumer, disease, Steve Case, Revolution Health, Sicko, Michael Moore, telecommunication, competition, Bell, directed, medicine, American Online, AOL, chronic on November 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Steve Case, co-founder and former CEO of America Online, has exited AOL and made his new passion consumer-directed health care. Steve started a company called Revolution Health, and blogs regularly on the company’s site.
In a recent post entitled “Sicko,” referring to the Michael Moore documentary film, Steve outlines why consumer driven health care can help [...]
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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