Oklahoma Doctors vs. Obamacare – Reason.com
In Oklahoma City, there’s an alternative health care market taking shape in which hospitals offers competitive flat fee prices to self-funded companies. And it’s all modeled after the Surgery Center. Continue reading
Government violates your medical privacy for medical price comparisons. But private sector already does this.
The alleged benefit of government taking our medical data for a website that compares prices is dubious. The private sector is already doing this.
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What reach your doctor 24/7? Pay her directly at a new Denver care center
Why you typically cannot reach your doctor on the phone or over the Internet: Medicare and insurers don’t pay them for this. This changes when you pay your doctor directly. Continue reading
Newborns & children drive Colorado Medicaid costs. A solution? Make Medicaid parents pay more.
Six of the ten cost drivers in Colorado Medicaid revolve around labor and delivery and routine physician visits by children. Medicaid parents can afford to pay more for these services. Continue reading
Newborns & children drive Colorado Medicaid costs. A solution? Make Medicaid parents pay more.
Six of the ten cost drivers in Colorado Medicaid revolve around labor and delivery and routine physician visits by children. Medicaid parents can afford to pay more for these services. Continue reading
US Health Care Spending Since 1960: Patients pay less, insurers & gov’t pay more
“In the past 50 years, the way health care is financed has changed, with private payers and public insurance paying for more care. This interactive graphic shows who paid for the nation’s health care and how much it cost.”
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US Health Care Spending Since 1960: Patients pay less, insurers & gov’t pay more
“In the past 50 years, the way health care is financed has changed, with private payers and public insurance paying for more care. This interactive graphic shows who paid for the nation’s health care and how much it cost.”
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John C. Goodman on his new book, Priceless
Originally aired June 21, 2012. Independent Institute Research Fellow Dr. John C. Goodman, author of “Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis,” joins a panel on Stossel to speak on healthcare issues. Continue reading
Many Hospitals, Doctors Offer Cash Discount for Medical Bills
Unknown to most consumers, many hospitals and physicians offer steep discounts for cash-paying patients regardless of income. … if you don’t use your health insurance. Continue reading
RAND Corp: High-deductible health plans could Save $57.1 Billion per Year
RAND Corp: “Growth Of Consumer-Directed Health Plans To One-Half Of All Employer-Sponsored Insurance Could Save $57 Billion Annually” Continue reading
What is Unique about U.S. Health Care? Patients are not the paying customers
Americans control less of our own health spending than do residents of other developed countries. After ObamaCare is defeated, reversing his long-term trend must be the top priority of the real health reform that replaces it. Continue reading
Contra Colorado Health Foundation: Fee-for-service medicine not the problem
It is not fee-for-service that is the problem, but the burden third-party payers put on patients and providers alike, without adding any value whatsoever. Continue reading
