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Stuff like this makes me despair for cost containment at all

posted to The Incidental Economist (Posts) on Wed 19th Jun 13

A new Viewpoint in JAMA, “The Looming Threat of Liability for Accountable Care Organizations and What to Do About It“:The promotion of accountable care organizations (ACOs), a new health care delivery and payment model designed to curb rising medical
Financial incentives for quality a review

posted to The Incidental Economist (Posts) on Tue 18th Jun 13

I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s worth a whole post. There is actually a fullCochrane review of pay-for-performance for primary care:Background:The use of blended payment schemes in primary care, including the use of financial incentives to
Income redistribution and infant health

posted to The Incidental Economist (Posts) on Mon 17th Jun 13

An enormous literature documents that better off people are healthier than worse off people (entry pointshereor here). But that’s not the same thing as showing that transferring resources from the rich to the poor would improve the health of the poor.In

Oregon and Medicaid and Evidence and CHILL, PEOPLE!

posted to The Incidental Economist (Posts) on Thu 2nd May 13

This is a joint post by Aaron Carroll and Austin Frakt. Relevant to this post, recently we have published three papers arguing for expansion of Medicaid, not relative to all possible other reforms, but relative to the status quo.First of all, we’re somewhat
Tyler Cowen on me on Medicaid Wars

posted to The Incidental Economist (Posts) on Tue 17th Jul 12

Tyler Cowen responds to my post about his NYT piece. Go read it to catch up.Let me start by saying that I’m going to be as dispassionate as possible here, because it’s too easy to let emotions get in the way.Yesterday, I was “annoyed”.
Lets try to stick to the real world when we talk about Medicaid

posted to The Incidental Economist (Posts) on Mon 16th Jul 12

Tyler Cowen had a piece in the NYT this weekend on Medicaid. He doesn’t seem too thrilled with its use in the ACA’s coverage expansion.I have a ton of respect for him. I think he’s an excellent blogger and writer. I’m not an economist,

Silver Plan vs. Bronze Plan Deductibles, and Other Links

posted to John Goodman's Health Policy Blog on Mon 17th Jun 13

ObamaCare insurance: deductible for the silver plan is $2,000; for the bronze plan it’s $5,000. (Karen Davis must be in mourning.)The less you know, the easier it is to solve this puzzle.Personalized medicine comes to psychiatry.60% of Massachusetts doctors
Noted for June 16, 2013

posted to Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist Brad DeLong's Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based Semi-Daily Journal on Sun 16th Jun 13

Aaron Carroll: The sky didnt fall before, and it wont fall now: "One of the things Im fascinated by is the way history repeats itself when it comes to health care reform. Everyone acts as if what were doing is crazy new, as if its never been done before. This
Why Do Doctors Over-Treat

posted to John Goodman's Health Policy Blog on Thu 13th Jun 13

This is Aaron Carroll:The genius of this study is that it was conducted in the VA setting. Because it’s the VA, and the docs are salaried government employees, there no profit motive involved. If they do more, they don’t get paid more. Moreover,