Category: Policy

Consumerism

Let’s Get Real: Medicare for All Can’t Work, but Affordable Health Insurance for All Can

As it has in the last three presidential elections, healthcare is emerging as a decisive political issue in… Read More

By David W. Johnson April 24, 2019

Economics

This Is a Story About Where Healthcare Regulations Come From – Burda on Healthcare

Healthcare is one of the most if not the most regulated industry in the U.S. While its businesses… Read More

By David Burda April 23, 2019

Economics

The Universal Patient Experience of Debilitating Healthcare Costs

The lack of affordable medical care isn’t just a U.S. phenomenon. It’s a serious problem across Europe, according… Read More

By David Burda April 11, 2019

Outcomes

Opioid Variations and State Interventions

Like companies in any other industry, when providers misbehave, it opens the door to state regulation of their… Read More

By David Burda March 28, 2019

Economics

How Crony Capitalism in Healthcare Hurts Communities and Markets

Does “pro-business” equate to “pro-market”? Or is crony capitalism blurring the line in the healthcare industry? How can… Read More

By David W. Johnson March 25, 2019

Innovation

Why Healthcare is Spinning Its VBR Wheels

It’s like preparing and serving a seven-course meal that your biggest customer ordered only to have the entire… Read More

By David Burda March 21, 2019

Outcomes

MARKET CORNER CONVERSATIONS: Dr. Jonathan M. Zenilman, Johns Hopkins University

Hear how Dr. Zenilman’s residency at Kings College Hospital in the early 1980s, at the epicenter of the… Read More

By David W. Johnson March 20, 2019

Economics

When Hospitals Merge, Patient Satisfaction Gets Squeezed

When two competing companies merge and get bigger, a common worry of their customers is whether the quality… Read More

By David Burda February 20, 2019

Economics

Price Controls Take Root in Rhode Island. Will They Spread to Your State?

One state’s attempt to control healthcare costs by using “affordability standards” ended up limiting increases in commercial health… Read More

By David Burda February 14, 2019

Policy