Category: Economics

Medicare Privatization Is Breaking the Bank

I’m out of analogies to capture the disaster that is federal spending on the Medicare Advantage (MA) program…. Read More

By David Burda January 8, 2025

Burda on Healthcare: Hard Lessons in Health Insurance Market Dynamics

As open enrollment season ends and the health insurance year begins, let’s look at what three new reports… Read More

By David Burda January 7, 2025

Spike in Physician Unionization Another Sign That Healthcare Needs Change

The murder of a health insurance executive last month on the streets of New York and the lack… Read More

By David Burda January 2, 2025

Revenue Cycle Risk Takers

I’ve been a freelance healthcare reporter/writer/editor for more than six years now. By choice. After two publishing companies… Read More

By David Burda December 18, 2024

Economics

4sight Friday 12/6/24

4sight Friday | Medicare, Medicaid and GLP-1 Drugs | Doctors: Accountable But Not Responsible | An Interview with… Read More

By David Burda December 6, 2024

AMA Says Insurers Are Using Their Market Power to Screw Patients and Providers

When I started this Healthcare Blame Game series I didn’t think the rounds would pop up on a… Read More

By David Burda November 27, 2024

Economics

Podcast: How Healthcare Revolutionaries Think With Hal Andrews

Podcast: Hal Andrews on the Biggest Trends Reshaping the Healthcare Economy President and CEO of Trilliant Health Hal… Read More

By David Burda November 26, 2024

Economics

AMA Draws Blood With Policy on Hospital Tax Exemptions

There are certain lines you don’t cross, even when you point the finger at another healthcare industry sector… Read More

By David Burda November 20, 2024

Burda on Healthcare: It’s Open Season on Employer Benefits Surveys

It’s that time of year when people choose their health insurance benefits and select a health plan. Not… Read More

By David Burda November 12, 2024

Economics