Alexa, what can you do for healthcare?   Alexa, what can you do for healthcare? I bought an Amazon Echo this week and have been enjoying…

  It’s not too late   It’s not too late Today’s middle-aged adults (50-64) are much fatter and more likely to have diabetes than their predecessors from…

Time to take off the blinders Time to take off the blindersGeneric drugs are the biggest success story in healthcare cost containment. This great success has fooled policymakers, journalists, health plans and others…

Climbing into the future Climbing into the futureMany Americans feel economically insecure.  Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have latched on to these feelings, and both fault free trade agreements…

United we hardly knew ye United we hardly knew yeUnited Healthcare announced that it’s exiting most of the Obamacare insurance marketplaces (aka exchanges) next year. Sound like…

What were we thinking? What were we thinking?The biopharmaceutical industry has been under attack for some time for the high and rising prices of its products. Pressure has…

A popular idea, but not a good one. A popular idea, but not a good one.It’s nice that the vast majority of Democrats (93%) and Republicans (74%)…

Payer, provider or PayVider? Payer, provider or PayVider?Accountable Care Organizations enable providers of care to take on some of the functions of health plans and to receive…

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded an Urban Institute study to determine how Obamacare marketplaces are being impacted by the withdrawal of United Healthcare and the failure of some of…

What did I eat? What did I eat?Unlike most people exposed to the Frontline investigation of supplements and vitamins, I really didn’t find it shocking that a lot of supplements are…