“There’s a need for cohesive education that shows corporations and benefits advisors how to tie together value-based approaches to health care that provide higher quality health care at significantly lower costs,” program director Dr. Tom Scott said. “Health care is …
Category: Economic Issues
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Sweden: A Path from Poverty to Prosperity
“Without economic growth, there is no wealth to share.” Johan Norberg Lessons for America? Welcome to another edition of Friday’s Philosophical Foray beyond Healthcare! One of the most important history lessons in the power of economic freedom to alleviate poverty …
Meet the Philosopher Behind the Ideology of the Anti-Fascists – Foundation for Economic Education
Welcome to another edition of Friday’s Philosophical Foray beyond Healthcare! Still think Fascism is a Right Wing phenomenon? Think again! The philosophical roots of Mussolini’s strategies were borrowed in large part from Marxism. Then came the work of Hubert Marcuse, …
Dr. Whatley: Single-payer healthcare – the good, the bad and the nutty – THE DIRECT PRIMARY CARE JOURNAL
Shawn Whatley is past-president of the Ontario Medical Association. He has worked in emergency medicine, as a coroner, in a vein clinic, and as a surgical assistant. He also held a leadership role at a large suburban hospital. He …
Why a patient paid a $285 copay for a $40 drug | PBS NewsHour
Insurance copays are higher than the cost of the drug about 25 percent of the time, according to a study published in March by the University of Southern California’s Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/why-a-patient-paid-a-285-copay-for-a-40-drug
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Improving Hospital Competition: A Key to Affordable Health Care
In 2011, James Robinson of the University of California reviewedhospital prices charged to commercial insurers for six common procedures: angioplasty, pacemaker insertion, knee replacement, hip replacement, lumbar fusion, and cervical fusion. He found that, on average, procedures cost 44 percent …
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Forum for Healthcare Freedom – Promoting Freedom in Healthcare Using the Power of Honest Pricing & Free-Markets
Forum for Healthcare Freedom The Sovereign Patient has a new name to better reflect its core mission and message. Introducing the Forum for Healthcare Freedom. Source: Forum for Healthcare Freedom – Promoting Freedom in Healthcare Using the Power of Honest …
