Jeanne Pinder
It says here that doctors order tests to fend off lawsuits, says study – Health – Health care – msnbc.com. And here it says that giving someone a health insurance card doesn’t automatically guarantee good health, or good care.
Jeanne Pinder
The Boston Globe on the question of why it costs so much: Ambulance-bill chasing.
Jeanne Pinder
Why are health costs rising? Here are a few reasons: “…The big problem that may explain why health care spending is so much higher in some places than others — without any evidence that the patients do better because of it — is that doctors have too many incentives to give patients more and more […]
Jeanne Pinder
Wasteful spending NEHI, a Cambridge-based independent national non-profit working on health care innovation, published a three-part plan for cutting wasteful medical spending by $84 billion a year nationwide, attacking emergency department overuse, unnecessary hospital readmissions and medication errors. Doctors and patients talking cost Dr. Leslie Ramirez of leslieslist.org writes on Kevinmd.com: “Why don’t patients and […]
Jeanne Pinder
Updates for certain quality metrics in New York State hospitals, from NY.gov. New York State Hospital Profile.
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The Mayo Clinic is often praised in the world of health care for doing a great job at low cost. So why is the Mayo Clinic being excluded from health-insurance plans? According to this article from The Pioneer Press, at least two health-insurance carriers have chosen to sell plans with lower premiums that put Mayo […]
Jeanne Pinder
Why one doctor left the profession: a cautionary tale, by Maggie Kozel, a former pediatrician, from kevinmd.com. Viewed from several perspectives, this is part of the ongoing series “Why Does It Cost So Much?” Health care economics and the relationship between doctor and patient.
Jeanne Pinder
You don’t need to look far to find the causes of secrecy in the health-care marketplace. It’s much harder to find people and institutions doing good solid work to pull back the curtains. So here’s a round of applause for The Wall Street Journal and its series on the system, brought in an analysis of […]
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So why do health costs keep rising? Advertising is one reason. And sponsorships. For example, Antonio Banderas is the voice of the Nasonex bee. Jim Edwards (BNet) on 10 Celebrities on Big Pharma’s Payroll.
Jeanne Pinder
Atul Gawande wrote in The New Yorker about “hot spots” in health spending–a very few people who are using a great deal of resources in the health-care industry. The piece is now available online, and so is his response to the criticisms thereof. Read it. It’s fabulous. One of my favorite health economists is […]
