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Consumerism
Medicare Enrollment Trends in Four Charts
As a journalist, I love projections, estimates, predictions and speculation. They all make good stories. But what I… Read More
By January 15, 2025
Policy
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 January 8, 2025
Outcomes
Burda on Healthcare: Forgetting — Or Ignoring — An Important Patient Safety Anniversary
Last month marked an important healthcare anniversary. It was the 25th anniversary of To Err Is Human: Building… Read More
By December 17, 2024
Outcomes
From Benefit to Business: Did Medicare Privatization Lead to Murder?
The brazen assassination of healthcare insurance executive Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, has everyone commenting on the deeper… Read More
By December 11, 2024
System Dynamics
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 November 27, 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 November 20, 2024
Policy
When Nearly 125,000 Hospital Infections Is Good News
Later this month, we’ll mark the 25th anniversary of the publication of To Err Is Human: Building a… Read More
By November 13, 2024
Policy
Podcast: Where Are We Going With Medicaid? 11/7/24
Medicaid is 51 times more complicated than Medicare. We talked about the program and where it’s headed, based… Read More
By November 7, 2024
Outcomes
Patients Shrug at Prior Authorization
You should know by now that hospitals and doctors hate prior authorization (PA) requirements by health plans. Providers… Read More
By October 30, 2024
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