The price of drugs remains out of control, and President-elect Trump has vowed to address high drug...
Health and financial security
People in many developing countries live longer than poor in U.S.
New research published in the November 17, 2016 American Journal of Public Health confirms that...
Medicare remains more efficient than private insurance
In September 2011, in a post first published in Health Affairs, I explained why Medicare is more...
Vermont prepares for all-payer health system
Democratic Governor of Vermont, Peter Shumlin, and Republican Governor-elect of Vermont, Phil...
“Activated” people less likely to develop chronic...
A new Commonwealth Fund study reveals that people who are better able to take care of themselves...
Medicare is more efficient than private insurance
Note: This post is a version of a post first published on Health Affairs on September 20, 2011...
Public option key to reining in health care costs
Yale University Professor, Jacob Hacker, argues in a recent New York Times opinion piece that a...
How can we rely on paid caregivers?
Many older adults who want to age in their communities must rely on paid caregivers to provide...
Paying less for hospital care through reference pricing
Only an an all-payer system with uniform health care rates, will keep us from wildly varying and...
A medical device may make heart surgery even riskier
Every year, more than half a million Americans have heart bypass surgery to get blood flowing to...