The market is rising up in response to the price-distortions of the medical-industrial complex. The Kroger-GoodRx partnership is a huge … More
Category: out-of-pocket costs
Medicare Turns Health-Care Prices Into a Guessing Game – WSJ
No Free Lunch…Except in Pharma – PBGH
Great article by Pittsburgh Business Group on Health that explains the PBM rebate scam. “The Problem… Above board discounts and … More
DPC and Self-Insured Employers: Counting the Costs
“In the department of economy, an act, a habit, an institution, a law, gives birth not only to an effect, … More
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 … More
Deflate the Healthcare Bubble!
Deflate the Healthcare Bubble! I recently spoke to a colleague who needs a cystoscopy for stone retrieval and/or stent placement. … More
The Pernicious Impact of Government Intervention in Healthcare, Captured in a Chart
Originally posted on International Liberty:
America’s healthcare system is a mess, largely because government intervention (Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, and the tax…
A Brief History of the Free Market Healthcare Movement: A discussion with Jay Kempton & Dr. Keith Smith
by Megan Freedman – Editorial Manager, Free Market Healthcare Solutions magazine These names are, in many ways, synonymous with the current free … More
