Podcast on the Challenge of De-adoption

Byadmin March 25, 2015

Here is a podcast I participated in, put out by folks at GWU. A quickish interview on the challenge of getting doctors to stop doing things they ought to stop doing.
You can also listen to it on iTunes, or on Stitcher.

Health Policy

What Does Health Insurance Consolidation Mean for You?

Byadmin August 21, 2012

Listen to this Marketplace report on consolidation in the world of health insurance. It is an interesting report, and also the first public acknowledgment that I am, gulp, a Business Professor!

Health Policy

Rational Rationing in Western Michigan

Byadmin March 9, 2010

See a nice TV news segment from Grand Rapids Michigan last night (March 8th), that followed up on a symposium on health care rationing, where Norm Daniels (one of my heros–a philosopher from Harvard) and I address the need to discuss how to set appropriate limits to contain health care costs. Click on my picture to link to the colloquy coverage.

Health Policy

Procedures and Prices: Both Contribute to Health Care Spending Increases

Byadmin August 15, 2013

For very good reason, there has been lots of attention on healthcare prices in the United States lately. We spend more on healthcare in this country than anywhere else in the world, and we also charge higher prices for the healthcare we offer. Physicians in the United States make much more than their counterparts elsewhere…

Health Policy

Obamacare Chipping Away at Uninsured Numbers

Byadmin June 13, 2014

With all the hype and controversy over Obamacare, once in a while it’s nice to look at the facts. And here are recent numbers – on the percent of Americans who lack health insurance, a figure that has dropped significantly in recent months with the expansion of Medicaid and the opening of the health insurance…

Health Care Cost

Should Her Doctor Consider the Cost of Her Care?

Byadmin March 27, 2012

Carol Jefferson’s right lung x-ray looked the color of a February storm in Northern Minnesota—a blizzard of white making bone and lung invisible. Her lung was “whited out” because she was experiencing a dangerous combination of tumor and infection.
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The US is Number One: in Out-of-Pocket Costs!

Byadmin December 6, 2013

I have been writing a fair amount lately about the out-of-pocket costs that many Americans face when they receive healthcare services. A new report by The Commonwealth Fund provides a picture of the scope of this issue. It compares the US to 10 other developed countries, and shows not only that people in the US spend…

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Podcast on the Challenge of De-adoption

What Does Health Insurance Consolidation Mean for You?

Rational Rationing in Western Michigan

Procedures and Prices: Both Contribute to Health Care Spending Increases

Obamacare Chipping Away at Uninsured Numbers

Should Her Doctor Consider the Cost of Her Care?

The US is Number One: in Out-of-Pocket Costs!

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