From Robert Pear and Jonathan Weisman: Republicans are dusting off proposals that date back more than a decade: allowing individuals to buy health insurance across state lines, helping small businesses band together to buy insurance, offering generous tax deductions for the purchase of individual po
From Aspirin, Angioplasty, and Proton Beam Therapy: The Economics of Smarter Health Care Spending by Baicker and Chandra: There is also a substantial literature at the provider level showing that practice pattern norms drive similar care for all of the patients that a provider sees, regardless of in
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On The Record (with daily recap)
Today in TIE: Austin on guideline-driven care and geographic variability and reading list, Don with more on the Goldilocks principle, this time in the mortgage realm, Aaron with two posts on why high deductible plans likely won’t save that much money (post 1, post 2) and a personal tale of his inter
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: Report and related documents (incl video) analyzing the impact of Republican Presidential Candidate policies on the deficit/debt Today in TIE: Austin on the basis of value driven health insurance and Marsha Gold’s NEJM piece on private insurance Medicare o
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Kaiser: Drew Altman looks at what’s in store during 2012 Today in TIE: Don wonders who owns the MMSE and points out some good resources that can help you think about causation, while Aaron has two posts on paying for things that work: one focused on the macro level, and another on the doctor/patient
On The Record (with daily recap)
AcademyHealth, Health Policy Fellowships, apps due 1/9/12 AHRQ: Patient Centered Medical Home Resource Center CRS: Change in distribution of income among tax filers 1996-2006 Today in TIE: Farewell to Reflex: Austin reminds us of the history of premium support, Don looks at the policy big picture fo
Wyden/Ryan: white paper on their Medicare reform plan Today in TIE: Reflex, Austin continues his premium support series (accountability today), and reacts to the Wyden/Ryan proposal, Don looks at an outline for Euphemism free communication at EOL, Aaron provides three quick posts on Wyden/Ryan: one,
On The Record (with daily recap)
Today in TIE: Austin continues his series on premium support in Medicare by considering the political barriers, Don has a quick look at an emerging LTC replace bill, Aaron is ticked about how doctors sometimes don’t use common sense, and he looks at the data on cell phones and traffic accidents, whi
On The Record (with daily recap)
Today in TIE: Reflex, Austin lays out the false Medicare choices, Don wonders why we don’t have a more market based approach to pro sports, and Aaron brings us more on retail clinics, and he is worried we can’t admit our kids are obese On The Record is sorry for being late….I just forgot (bad […]The
Kaiser: Webcast Noon 12/7 EST CMS estimates of state-by-state health spending CBO: Spending patterns for prescription drugs under Medicare part D Today in TIE: Reflex, Austin parses moral hazard, Dr. Rorschach brings a chart and Don says Medicare is simple while Austin says it is complicated, Don no
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Urban: addressing long term care without CLASS (video) Today in TIE: Reflex, Austin reviews private plans in Medicare, Don on the long strange trip toward consensus on premium support (maybe), the difference between cost effective and cost saving and texting patients orders is a no-no, while Kevin c
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CBO: Estimate of ARRA impact in third quarter, 2011 Today in TIE: Reflex, Austin on why the ACA is not enough, and he analyzes Medicare’s decision to cover Provenge, Aaron takes a look at potential Avastin savings in Medicare, while Kevin grades the media in covering that story, while Don notes the
On The Record (with daily recap)
GAO: VA Community Living Centers: Actions Needed to Better Manage Risks to Vets Quality of Life and Care Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Recs of Special Commission on Provider Price Reform Today in TIE: Reflex, Austin on the spreading of the competitive bidding bug (TIE ground zero?), different types
On The Record (with daily recap)
Third Way: Health Policy failsafe for the Super Committee Today in TIE: Reflex, Austin looks at Reinhard’s latest on all payer and tells the AMA not to worry about competitive bidding, while Don pans a new Medicaid federal/state cost share formula and follows up with a bit more detail, Aaron worries
On The Record (with daily recap)
Today in TIE: Reflex, Austin takes another look at Romney’s reform ideas, and reviews the inconsistent way we worry about exchanges depending upon the age of the patients involved, Don wants to get the language straight on palliative care, and discusses the first lawsuit for not following a POLST fo
On The Record (with daily recap)
GAO: The Federal Government’s Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: Fall 2011 Update GAO: Health Care Price Transparency: Meaningful Price Information Is Difficult for Consumers to Obtain CBO: Trends in the distribution of income Today in TIE: Reflex, Austin provides macro health care chart dump, and is hitting
A few ideas on expanding LTC insurance
Ron Lieber in Bucks blog hits the nail on the head regarding Long Term Care (LTC) policy: Pair the Class Act news with an essay in the Sunday Review section of The Times by Jane Gross on how Medicare ultimately fails so many elderly people, and you start to get a sense of the size […]The post A few
