Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
The latest edition of the Cavalcade of Risk is up at My Wealth Builder. Below are more links of interest. Are we winning the war on cancer? Red Cross is $200 million in debt. Physicians paid on a non-fee-for-service basis conduct 15-31% fewer patient visits per week. Between 2002 and 2009, California employer-based premiums increased 117.5%. The incredible disappearing…
Why selling across state lines won’t work. German healthcare system’s 2009 deficit: €7.5 billion. If private health insurance worked, we wouldn’t need health reform. Swine Flu Death Toll at 10,000. Government-financed, privately-administered healthcare? Some Americans already have it.
The latest edition of the Cavalcade of Risk is up at Insurance Copywriter. Other links that I also found interesting include: Canadian healthcare spending rises to 11.9% of GDP. The public health costs of job loss. Climategate. Does the U.S. need a healthcare constitution? Computers don’t save hospitals money.
Some links to tide your over to Turkey Day. House vs. Senate Reform Bills: A graphic comparison. Physician’s cost to interaction with health plan: over $23 billion. Early Detection Does Not Equal Prevention. Daily Lesson Plan: Health Care Reform. Cost/life saved for mammogram under 50: $20 million. Tyler Cowen’s Health Reform Rx. Bucks Diary, a…
California’s PPO report card. A tax increase by any other name: California taxpayer’s compulsory interest-free loan to the state. Confusion: Los Angeles marijuana dispensaries face a federal ban, California medical marijuana laws, and now possible city ordinances. 32% fee increase for the University of California system. California hospital prices increased 10.6% per year for private…
“For most of human history, doctors have done more harm than good.” Swine flu news from around the world. What having the H1N1 flu feels like. Quality is a priority for only half of hospital boards. Device companies prohibit hospitals from disclosing prices.
Cost of Health Reform: $894 billion or 1.3 trillion? Why is health care so expensive? Prices. Should urban or rural hospitals get Medicare funds? The efficiency of replacing earnings-related contributions by per-capita health premia in Germany. Start-up costs for health insurance co-operatives: $1.7 billion to $45.6 billion.
How horrible is Medicare? Water issues in California. An individual mandate makes you worse off. iPhone app helps docs detect heart murmurs. Calculate how much out-of-network medical care will cost you?
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.
Here’s some fun reading to take you into the weekend: Employer-provided family health insurance premiums reach $13,375, a 131% increase over the 1999 levels. Contracting out medical care in prisons increases mortality. Long wait times in Europe? Not for the highly educated. Optimal level of market power for health insurers. Best and worst state healthcare…