It can be very stressful as well as physically demanding to take care of anyone, particularly someone you love. In some cases, Medicare will cover the cost of a loved one’s care so that caregivers...
Diane Archer
Driving hospital prices down through reference pricing
Until we have an all-payer system with uniform health care rates, we will have wildly varying and out-of-control hospital and doctor rates. Some purchasers, however, are innovating to rein in or...
When will we begin 3D printing human organs?
With 18 Americans dying each day waiting for an organ transplant, there’s a clear need for more organs. Some people with a long wait travel to states, like Louisiana, which do not have motorcycle...
What will big health insurer mergers mean for our health care...
On Friday, July 3, Aetna, the third largest health insurer, paid $34.1 billion for Humana, the fourth largest insurer, merging two of the biggest health insurers in America. And, the mergers...
The rationale for an all-payer system for doctors and hospitals
Unlike other developed countries, which negotiate or set uniform rates with doctors and hospitals regardless of who is paying the bill, an “all-payer system,” the United States takes a hands-off...
ER visits for dental care on the rise, but some states are...
Data from the American Dental Association reveals that emergency room visits for dental care more than doubled in the 12 years between 2000 and 2012, according to USA Today. Largely because neither...
Hospital prices out of control, competition not working
If there ever were evidence that competition does not work to drive down prices in the health care marketplace, look at the hospitals. A new report in Health Affairs by Gerard Anderson and Ge Bai...
Eight things you should know about the Affordable Care Act
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), 16.4 million more people in the United States have health insurance, though 13.2 percent of the population is still uninsured. Here’s eight other...
Drug and device companies paid $6.5 billion to doctors and...
The latest data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services show that drug and device companies paid just shy of $6.5 billion to doctors and hospitals in 2014, the first full year for which...
Medicare is the solution to out of control health care costs...
In a new two-minute video for MoveOn, Robert Reich makes the case for why Medicare is part of the solution to fixing our economy. We should be expanding it and offering it to everyone in America...