I’ve read several posts today on so called “Value-based payment” strategies and I couldn’t resist adding my 2-cents. VBP can’t fix these fundamental problems because it is still based on a price-opaque shell game I like to call Fee-for-Coding, which …
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FORBES | Employers Could Slash Their Health Costs Overnight. So, Why Don’t They?
“I am often asked if the free market can work in health care. My quick reply is: That is the only thing that works. At least, it is the only thing that works well. Show me a health care market …
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Donald Trump Takes A Big Step Toward Personal And Portable Health Insurance
READ THIS ARTICLE below if you want to understand the degree to which this ruling is an important step for healthcare reform. But as John C. Goodman points out, administrative ruling can only go so far without being codified by …
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Trump could revolutionize the private health insurance market
Some believe the Individual Market is too weak to revive, given the hit it took as as result of the ACA. I am optimistic that this ruling to utilize HRA is this manner will be a “shot in the arm” …
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Trump’s new rule will give businesses and workers better health care options – CNN
A HUGE WIN FOR THE LABOR MARKET AND A STEP TOWARDS ENDING JOB-LOCK! This is one of the most positive and substantive changes in healthcare policy to come out of Washington, D.C. in the past 40 years. It finally pierces …
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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 …
All the Problems plaguing ObamaCare are Solved by These 12 Bold Ideas
The Sessions – Cassidy bill: Source: Summary | Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research
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Simple Solutions to the Worst Problems in ObamaCare – John C. Goodman – Page full
As I explain in a new book, A Better Choice: Healthcare Solutions for America and in a recent article in Health Affairs, there are major problems that aren’t going away unless Congress acts. Here are two of them. 1. An …
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