This whole issue of “surprise bills” is a symptom of a more pernicious economic disease which has been driving prices in healthcare for decades; that being, a lack on discoverable, actionable meaningful prices for bundled medical services. Moreover, the lack …
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Propaganda, Pandering, and Politics – AAPS | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
“It sounds so virtuous to insist that “healthcare is a right.” Thus, if you do not believe medical care should be free, you are not a moral person. This technique echoes Aldous Huxley’s view that “the propagandist’s purpose is to …
Sleep Medicine Specialist to Provide Direct Pay Video Consults to Patients in Georgia and South Carolina
For the past year I have grown increasingly frustrated as our health care system has valued payer over patient, time and time again. Even our hospital administrators seem immune to care and compassion – the bedrock of my practice. My …
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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What You Need To Know About Medicare For All, Part I
A study by Charles Blahousat the Mercatus Center estimates that Medicare for all would cost $32.6 trillion over the next ten years. Other studies have been in the same ballpark and they imply that we would need a 25% payroll …
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Free Market Friday: Transparency the key to reducing health care costs – The Journal Record
“One can spend hours on the phone tracking down the billing department only to hear from a lamenting administrator that they can’t share the negotiated price until after the procedure is performed. Then, weeks after the episode of care is …
Wheel of Misfortune: The Fix
Healthcare Transparency initiatives like the Alexander-Murray bill are getting a tremendous amount of press lately; deservedly so. But are these measures a fix or a baidaid? Keep in mind, out-of-network “surprise” bills would not exist if not for the market …
How The Trump Administration Is Reforming Medicare | Health Affairs
“This 124-page document challenges a premise behind 50 years of thinking in health policy circles: that our most serious problems in health care arise because of flaws in the private sector. Most problems arise because of government failure, not market …
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