By Robert Nelson, MD Within many of the posts regarding the challenges facing healthcare, someone – usually out of frustration … More
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Employers saving thousands on medical bills due to up-front pricing | KFOR.com
Yet there are still many among us who refuse to believe that price honesty in an open market can “bend … More
The Ten Free-Market Commandments to Restoring Financial Sanity in Healthcare | Robert Nelson, MD | Pulse | LinkedIn
Source: The Ten Free-Market Commandments to Restoring Financial Sanity in Healthcare | Robert Nelson, MD | Pulse | LinkedIn
Great Moments in Healthcare Consolidation: The Hospital is Having a Sale! | Robert Nelson, MD | Pulse | LinkedIn
What does the price of gasoline and the price of a chest x-ray have in common? Not much really, except the … More
The Wedge of Health Freedom
THE WEDGE PRINCIPLES Transparent, Affordable Pricing Freedom to Choose True Patient Privacy No Government Reporting No Outside Interference Cash-Based Pricing … More
We All Pay the Price, Because No One Knows the Price | Robert Nelson, MD | LinkedIn
The billing and payment system in healthcare is an economic joke and is indefensible. Given all that occurs in medical … 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
