Maybe We Don’t Need to Train So Many Doctors
The CEOs of two academic hospitals are upset that Congress may reduce the funding for Graduate Medical Education (GME) paid through Medicare. To fight back, they’ve written a scare story…
Gruber Cherry-Picks the Evidence for RomneyCare
MIT economist Jonathan Gruber touts the Massachusetts health plan, which he helped create, in a paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research (the Washington Post provides a summary). So…
Florida Proposing New Medicaid Fees
The state of Florida wants to impose $10 monthly premiums on Medicaid recipients who are not in nursing homes. Additionally, the state is proposing a $100 fee for Medicaid patients…
Health Care Buzz Today
Poor are Healthier with Medicaid. Enrolling patients in Medicaid increases their use of healthcare services, reduces financial strain on these impoverished patients and improves their sense of well-being, according to…
Scientists Using the Web to Raise Research Funds
We all know fund raising in science, especially healthcare science is not easy today and I included the portions below that pertain to such. Groups are also looking for money…
Life Sciences Venture Investing Outperformed Tech Venture Investing Over the Past Decade
I read with great interest a study posted on TheBij.com which talks about venture investment returns in the healthcare field: Life Sciences: The Rodney Dangerfield of Venture Capital. I’ve been in…
347 Pages of Regulations; 811 References to Mandates
This is hot off the press from Chris Jacobs: This is hot off the press from Chris Jacobs: HHS just released part of its Exchange regulations—a 244-page regulation regarding the…
Bladder Cancer Care in America Gets a Failing Grade
Analytical data from Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)-Medicare linked database was part of the criteria here along with certain urine and other relative tests were the determination was made. …
Getting There
Imagine you are in a room full of diverse people, with differing political views and differing levels of understanding of economics and social science. You are discussing health care. Yet…
Bad News for Evidence-Based Medicine
Bruce Booth, a venture capitalist explains the perils of investing in companies whose products are based on scientific discoveries published in academic journals. Bruce Booth, a venture capitalist explains the…
