Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
T.R. Reid’s book The Healing of America looks at the best parts of health care systems around the world. In France, one of the most interesting aspects of their health care system is the pricing mechanism. Prices are regulated by the government and almost every doctor charges the same price for a given service. While…
The Wall Street Journal has a revealing article concerning why the production of H1N1 vaccines has moved at such a slow pace. The reasons include: Foregoing additives. The green movement doesn’t like additives in anything, but removing additives–called adjuvants–from vaccines has a cost. “An adjuvanted H1N1 vaccine being used in Europe contains 3.75 micrograms of…
Public option? More competition? Health care costs go up not matter what. A history of Group Health Cooperative. Why the cost of lab tests is cheaper in Germany than in France. A Detailed Report on the Private Healthcare Services Market in Eastern Europe. Hedghog Health Insurance.
Americans pay more for medical care than any other country and have one of the highest levels of income per capita of any country in the world. Despite its immense wealth and healthcare spending, the United States ranks 50th in life expectancy, worse than Jordan, South Korea, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In a Commonwealth Fund…
Private sector medical care in Europe: clinics in Belgium and nursing homes in Sweden. Wait Lists in the U.S.: Medicaid managed care organizations (MCO) Mexico’s public plan. Should the UK’s NHS look more like France? Supplier-induced demand in China.
Employers face a 10.5% health care cost increase. A libertarian supports Obama’s bank bailouts. If ObamaCare is like health care in Massachusetts, premiums will grow “21 to 46 percent faster than the national average.” When property rights are welfare destroying: natural spring property rights. Debt to double in the next decade. Tips on healthy traveling…
Apologizing to patients saves money on malpractices suits. Democratic seniors citizens don’t want the public plan to jeopardize the public plan they already have: Medicare. Threat to Brazilian Social Security system: Viagra Men. Do Americans support government-run health care? Depends how you ask the question. Pre-season NFL Football has started: the Packers look good.
Are you in favor of reform of the health care system or not? This question is difficult to answer because few people know what reforms are actually being proposed. Do not worry, the Healthcare Economist is here to help. Currently, there are four major plans on the table: Senate Finance Committee Policy Options. The plan…
Currently, only 1.5% of U.S. hospitals have electronic records systems covering all their clinical units; an additional 7.6% have systems in at least one such hospital unit (Jha et al. 2009). This low EMR usage rate is astounding, especially since the RAND Corporation found that using EMR could save up to $77 billion annually. The…
Here’s some exciting content to take you into the weekend: Quote of the Day “Yes, we could well cover tens of millions more people and that alone would be a noble accomplishment. But just loading all of these people onto a system that we can’t now afford seems to me to be ultimately a fool’s…