Smooth and Predictable Aid for Health
I just read this fairly interesting article on global health financing.Smooth and Predictable Aid for Health: A Role for Innovative Financing? - Brookings InstitutionThe paper's thesis is that...
View ArticleCost Savings at the End of Life - can primary care make a difference?
I was recently asked to comment on what effect does "end of life" care have on the rise of health care costs in the US. probably the most relevant article that E. Emanuel (in White House currently)...
View ArticlePrimary care shortage in the setting of expanding access
I was recently asked to comment for the Hope Street Group on what impact primary care would experience from expanding insurance access. There was an NY Times article about the Massachusetts reform...
View ArticleNEJM -- The Cost of Health Care -- interviews by Atul Gawande
Worth a scan. Gawande interviewing academics on health reform from New England Journal of Medicine this week -NEJM -- The Cost of Health Care -- Highlights from a Discussion about Economics and Reform
View ArticleDeath of Wyden-Bennett
Jeff Greenberg first turned my attention to the Wyden-Bennett bill - and after reading it, I always thought it was a very good proposal for health care reform. David Brooks actually has a v. good op-ed...
View ArticleLobbyists Pull the Teeth out of Health Care Reform
An article in today's New York Times describes the frantic efforts of lobbyists to limit payment reform and hinder policymakers efforts to curb the spiraling cost of health care.One of the most obvious...
View ArticlePrimary care and the health care cost curve
Guys, I need to submit a blog post to policy2.org to kick start a conversation amongst policy makers and academics on the role of primary care in health reform. Specific question I was asked to answer...
View ArticleChallenging the Assumption that Costs Always Rise
In this week's New England Journal, David Cutler, an economist and adviser to the White House, lays out a pretty solid argument for why costs might not rise in the future, even without health payment...
View ArticleHigh-Deductible Health Plans
An article in yesterday’s New York Times discusses the composition and relative merits of high-deductible health plans, which are most often paired with George Bush's favorite cost-containment vehicle,...
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Calvin Trillin’s Theory, the financial crisis and health care mamangement
Calvin Trillin’s Theory at The Baseline Scenario:Not directly health care related, but the chart when you follow this link is fantastic. Follow through with me on this and you'll see where I'm going...
View ArticleThis American Life series on health care
If you haven't listened to it already - This American Life has a two part series on health care in the US. Co-produced with NPR/Planet Money group (involved w/ the Baseline Scenario bloggers that I...
View ArticleU.S. Health Care Reform Interactive Timeline
Noticed this on NEJM today - neat little interactive graphic on the history of health care reform with links to the relevant NEJM articles from that time.Health Care Reform 2009 | U.S. Health Care...
View ArticleRudolf Virchow and social medicine
Some random history for today:I always thought Rudolf Virchow was an interesting physician. Granted he didn't believe in Darwinism or antisceptics, but he did have a great faith in medicine as a tool...
View ArticleIs Brent James the savior of American health care?
If you read this week's Sunday New York Times Magazine, you saw this article about Brent James, the chief quality officer at Intermountain Health in Utah. The premise of the article, and Dr. James'...
View ArticleHilarious
This picture says alot -Letters Lost, Meaning Found - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
View ArticleWhen Less Isn't More
The United States Preventative Services Task Force just recently changed the recommendations for breast and cervical cancer screening prompting an outcry from rationing sensationalists that government...
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Pricing in health care
this is a bit of a stream of consciousness post - so apologies in advance -I came across this article on GE's change in their health care plan:Health Care: GE Gets Radical - BusinessWeekThey are...
View ArticleSlightly random
This is not health care related. I saw this small article buried in the nytimes -Darpa Puts On Contest to Find 10 Red Balloons Across U.S. - NYTimes.comIt reminded me of the Xprize that Kedar had...
View ArticleGetting the Facts Straight on Health Care Reform
Wow, just read an awesome article by an MIT economist Jonathan Gruber in the NEJM. Finally someone has provided a cogent, well researched, and passionate rebuttal to all of the scurrilous talk that's...
View ArticleHow the Senate bill would contain the cost of health care : The New Yorker
Gawande has a new article out on the health care billHow the Senate bill would contain the cost of health care : The New YorkerDr. Gawande writes: Turn to Page 621 of the Senate version, the section...
View ArticleHealth Insurers Caught Paying Facebook Gamers Virtual Currency To Oppose...
This is unbelievable. Thanks to Jeff for bringing it to my attention.Health Insurers Caught Paying Facebook Gamers Virtual Currency To Oppose Reform BillAm pasting the article below, but credit goes to...
View ArticleBittersweet Victory
The senate finally has the 60 votes it needs to avoid a filibuster from the increasingly ridiculous Republicans, who, for purely political reasons, have pulled out every trick in the book to obstruct...
View ArticleHow much governance over GPH funds is enough?
Been awhile since any of us has posted. I thought I'd start us up again. I came across this piece in Reuters -Global healthcare fraud costs put at $260 billion | ReutersA study by the European...
View ArticleNEJM -- Failing to Thrive
Wonderful article from a former co-resident from MGH.NEJM -- Failing to Thrive
View ArticleWhat do you think about the Physician Group Practice Demo project?
Been a long time since we wrote on this, but was wondering what you all are thinking about ACOs and the results of the PGP Demo project released earlier this month.A link from this week's NEJM...
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