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RAND Evaluates Integrated Care in the UK

posted to John Goodman's Health Policy Blog on Thu 23rd May 13

There were 16 pilot programs in all. Overall, patients were less happy. Staff was happier. And:We found no significant overall reduction in costs, though in case management sites there was an overall 9 per cent reduction in hospital costs.Study abstract here.
The Case against Universal Medicare

posted to John Goodman's Health Policy Blog on Thu 23rd May 13

We are already hearing reports of doctors who do not take Medicare patients. In a 2010 survey of 9,000 physicians, the American Medical Association reported that 17 percent of doctors restricted the number of Medicare patients; among primary care physicians,
We-Have-To-Pass-It-To-Find-Out-Whats-In-It Fact of the Day

posted to John Goodman's Health Policy Blog on Thu 23rd May 13

A chain of events would create a two-month period during which a family has medical coverage but no insurer must pay its claims.Nonpayment of premiums for subsidized policies would trigger the oddity: Federal law provides a three-month grace period before cancellation

Gerald Scully R.I.P.

posted to John Goodman's Health Policy Blog on Wed 6th May 09

1941 - 2009 Among the most interesting people I have known, a disproportionate number have unusual backgrounds and unusual life stories. Jerry Scully was one of them.He once told me that most of the people he grew up with were either dead or in
ObamaCares Unfair Treatment of Middle Class Families

posted to John Goodman's Health Policy Blog on Mon 13th May 13

Middle income families are about to encounter some real surprises as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). For example, many workers will soon discover that when they earn more money, they end up with less take-home pay. Others will discover that
An Online Market for Medical Care

posted to John Goodman's Health Policy Blog on Wed 29th Feb 12

Can you buy health care the way you buy goods and services on eBay? Almost. A small, emerging online service called MediBid is letting providers bid to provide the care that patients need.Patients must be able to pay cash. They fill out medical questionnaires;

Sentences to ponder

posted to Marginal Revolution on Fri 17th May 13

A family can get implicitly taxed 238% on that additional $501.The thing is, I don’t even need to tell you what the topic is. The original source is here.
Sentences to ponder

posted to Marginal Revolution on Fri 17th May 13

A family can get implicitly taxed 238% on that additional $501.The thing is, I don’t even need to tell you what the topic is. The original source is here.
Linda Gorman on How ObamaCare Treats Middle Class, by David Henderson

posted to EconLog on Fri 17th May 13

Linda Gorman, my former Naval Postgraduate School colleague and author of three excellent articles in The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (here, here, and here), has written a post laying out some weird consequences of the ObamaCare law. I would be tempted