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One of my ongoing complaints in the public debate on health reform has been the over-emphasis on expanding coverage, without regard for addressing the underlying issues of cost. Over the weekend, the New York Times ran an editorial entitled, “If Reform Fails…”. As can be expected, given the political leanings of the NYT’s op-ed staff, it [...] 
Via tweets from @eddie_smith and @PrezMike2010 (SOA President Mike McLaughlin), I came across a blog post at Newsweek highlighting a difference between the House and Senate health reform bills which could be contributing to the unwillingness of House Dems to just vote for the Senate bill. It’s a factor which hasn’t received much attention in [...]
So, yesterday I listened to much of the health care summit in Blair House. The comments I tweeted during the summit are aggregated in this post, but I thought I would share a few post-mortem thoughts. From a naïve, idealistic point of view, you would think that getting a group of responsible leaders together to discuss [...]
On the off chance that anyone is interested, while today’s summit is the sort of event I’d prefer to liveblog, I’m perfectly content today to make the occasional snarky remark via Twitter: http://twitter.com/miketheactuary 
If I’ve set this post up correctly, the embedded video below should relay the broadcast of today’s health care summit meeting. Have fun (or, more likely, have a nice nap)! JOIN THE LIVE CHAT
Yes, it’s almost old news at this point, but I have a day job that requires my attention from time to time. As promised, the White House released a consolidated health care reform proposal on whitehouse.gov. If you’re interested, there’s a quite a bit to read at www.whitehouse.gov/health-care-meeting/proposal. A quick scan through the propaganda suggests [...]
A few days ago, Health & Human Services Secretary Sebelius released a new “report” on the state of health insurance in the U.S., ahead of another round of public/political debate on health reform. A taste: Recent economic data show that profits for the ten largest insurance companies increased 250 percent between 2000 and 2009, ten times [...]
Through the health care reform debate, one point that I’ve argued repeatedly is that there are certain infrastructure costs and inefficiencies that aggravate the state and expense of health care in the United States. One of the items on that list is the cost of medical education in this country. The cost is such that doctors [...] 
After a busy week aggravated by a quick transcon trip, I have a full reading pile I need to clear out. At KevinMD, the question is asked, “Why are so many patients referred to specialists”? The thesis: The fee-for-service payment system has something to do with the behavior, compounded with the tendency to practice defensive medicine. As [...] 
Via @JohnLobert I came across an article in the Salt Lake Tribune reminding us that if/when Congress passes health care reform, the political battle won’t be over; it’ll just change venues: Republicans, led by Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, are challenging the very constitutionality of the health reform bill, focusing on a requirement that every American buy [...] |
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