Category: Policy

The Rise and Fall of Academic Medicine: AMC Competitiveness in Post-Reform Healthcare

Rome wasn’t built in a day and didn’t collapse overnight. After centuries of growth, prosperity and domination, the… Read More

By David W. Johnson and David Morlock December 12, 2016

Policy

Healthcare’s Gettysburg Moment

Seven score and thirteen years ago this month (November 19, 1863), Abraham Lincoln delivered his renowned Gettysburg Address… Read More

By David W. Johnson November 21, 2016

Policy

Overturning Obamacare: A 5-Point Plan for President-Elect Donald Trump

Two weeks ago, I distributed a 5-Point healthcare plan for presumed President-elect Hillary Clinton. That was then. In… Read More

By David W. Johnson November 15, 2016

Innovation

HealthCare.Gov’s Death-Defying 2013 Launch: Implications for Government-Led Payment Reform

Enrollment for purchasing health insurance on public health exchanges began November 1st. Headlines for this fourth enrollment period… Read More

By David W. Johnson November 9, 2016

Policy

Overhauling Obamacare: A 5-Point Plan for President-Elect Hillary Clinton

Absent a cataclysmic surprise next Tuesday, Hillary Clinton will become the 45th President of the United States. She… Read More

By David W. Johnson November 1, 2016

Economics

Value Quest: Capital Formation Challenges for Non-Profit Health Systems

by David W. Johnson, James Moloney and Carsten Beith There’s a battle outside and it’s ragin’ It’ll… Read More

By David W. Johnson October 26, 2016

Outcomes

Market Evolution: Addressing Structural Flaws on Public Health Exchanges

After two-plus years of operations, clear structural flaws have emerged in the design and function of public health… Read More

By David W. Johnson September 20, 2016

Consumerism

Epi(c) Pharmaceutical Market Failure

It was hard not to feel sorry for Mylan CEO Heather Bresch as she sat for an extended… Read More

By David W. Johnson September 13, 2016

Economics

The Big Lift: Improving Public Health Exchanges

Bring out the Xanax. Anxiety among Obamacare supporters is skyrocketing. The bad news just keeps coming. Aetna has… Read More

By David W. Johnson August 24, 2016

Policy