A typical PPO Health insurance plan (more accurately a health maintenance plan) is economically dysfunctional when you think about how … More
Category: Patient-centered Care
Beyond the Financials: DPC Promotes Better Patient Care & Service | Robert Nelson, MD | LinkedIn
But let’s set aside costs for now and focus on the consequences of how our leviathan-like expensive claims driven system … More
Value-Based Payment: What Could Go Wrong? | Robert Nelson, MD | LinkedIn
Those of you that recall the 1980’s and early 90’s will remember when primary doctors were transformed into “gait-keepers” or … More
What Is Preventative Medicine? | Robert Nelson, MD | LinkedIn
I believe it was Ben Franklin that is credited with saying: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of … More
Common Sense Economics: Aligning Incentives with Evidence-based Care | Robert Nelson, MD | LinkedIn
Standard economic theory in healthcare assumes that demand for medical services is inelastic. Simply stated, inelasticity means that demand for … More
G. Keith Smith, M.D. – Health “Coverage” as a Distraction – Health “Coverage” as a Distraction
To provide “coverage” for everyone in the current climate of gross overcharging primarily serves the interests of those who employ … More
New Healthcare Crony Attempt to Crash the Free Market Party – by G. Keith Smith, MD
Riding in to rescue the victims of Obamacare and other government healthcare schemes are guess who? The legislators? The regulators? … More
A New Market Is Rising | Robert Nelson, MD | LinkedIn
I maintain that the same old stakeholders have been controlling things for too long, giving us a system looks like … More
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