On the importance of transparency… may I present exhibit A: https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/ethics/83459 Pay particular attention to the content of the last … More
Tag: healthcare costs
Fallacy of the Discount: Why Price Transparency Matters
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/04/09/598794123/bill-of-the-month-a-tale-of-2-ct-scanners-one-richer-one-poorer “Hynden was shocked when he got the second CT scan in January, and the listed price was $8,897 — … More
Surprise Medical Bills: We Know the Cure…Few Are Using it
This whole issue of “surprise bills” is a symptom of a more pernicious economic disease which has been driving prices … More
The Sorry State of Healthcare Financing: “But I Didn’t Get the Memo!”
You pull into a Gas Station and discover that there are no prices listed on the pump, just a slot … More
U.S. “Non-Profit” Hospitals and CEOs Raking in Big Bucks | Intellectual Takeout
We found that the assets, investments, and bank accounts at these charitable hospitals increased by $38.9 billion last year – … More
Kroger and GoodRx Launch the Kroger Rx Savings Club to Redefine the Customer Experience
The market is rising up in response to the price-distortions of the medical-industrial complex. The Kroger-GoodRx partnership is a huge … More
Aim your baloney detector at the BS in health care – STAT
BS, what Princeton philosopher Harry Frankfurt once calleda “lack of connection to a concern with truth — this indifference to … More
Healthcare costs…time to rethink the calculus!
For anyone still laboring under the myth that insurance carriers are motivated to hold down costs in healthcare OR that … More
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