Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
Today I am writing the 3,000th post at Healthcare Economist. I started this site way back in January 2006 with this post and the site has grown ever since. Every post is authored by myself, Jason Shafrin. In case you’re late to this party, below I recap some of my most popular posts. The “Healthcare Around the…
Memorial Day is a day to remember those who have served the country. However, it is also important to remember the veterans who currently living and address their needs. The issue receiving the most press is the long VA wait times. I discuss the issue below. According to Vox.com, the VA rules aim to “ensure patients…
The always enlightening Hank Stern of InsureBlog hosts the “Life’s a Beach” edition of the Health Wonk Review. Check it out!
Doctors on demand. Get rid of the employer mandate? Healthcare M&A. Preventable deaths by State. A braille phone. Reading your therapist’s notes.
Maybe, if Donald Berwick becomes governor. Mr. Berwick is the former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). He ran CMS between 2010 and 2011, but left when Senate Republicans blocked his confirmation to lead the agency permanently. Now, WonkBlog reports that Mr. Berwick is running for governor of Massachusetts. His platform claims that the state–whose earlier…
The Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act with one major exception; it declared that states did not have to expand their Medicaid eligibility rules. However, the ACA may have indirectly increased Medicaid enrollment even in States that did not change their eligilbity rules. Avalere Health reports that: 17 of the 26 states that did not…
Jason Fisher of Waterway Financial Group makes his CavRisk hosting debut with a terrific roundup of interesting risk-related posts. Check it out!
Over 8 million people have signed up for a health plan through the health insurance exchanges created by the Affordabe Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare). Or have they? Although policymakers may say that this is the truth, leaders at America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), say that these figures may be overstated for two reasons: Changing enrollment: In…
The stethoscope has been the icon of medicine for 200 years. Shouldn’t we be able to have built a better device by now? In fact, an improved stethoscope exists. The Atlantic describes a new technology that combines a stethoscope and smartphone technology. The CardioSleeve, a new, FDA-approved accessory, transforms a standard analog stethoscope into a…
In previous posts, I have describe in detail what constitutes Type I and Type II errors. This figure, however, conveys the concept much more succinctly. HT: Marginal Revolution.