Last week, in an article for Mayo Clinic Proceedings, a group of 118 distinguished doctors united...
Health and financial security
45 states receive failing grades on health care price...
At the same time that many people are arguing that people need to take greater responsibility for...
Health insurance premiums rising, but you might be able to...
A recent analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation reveals that premium increases for people in the...
Corporate wellness programs: How well are they working?
You might think that workplace wellness programs would be valuable financially and clinically for...
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...
Surgeons are not created equal
If you’re over 50 you’ve likely encountered both good and bad doctors. As with every other...
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...
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...
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...
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...