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Greedy Insurance Company Backs Down: The Little Guy Wins!
A few months back, while we were on vacation in Washington, D.C.,…
Partners Health Care acquiring Neighborhood Health Plan: The 800-Pound Gorilla and the Fig Leaf?
Partners Health Care (the dominant provider network in Greater Boston) and Neighborhood…
Ethicist’s Take on Concierge Medicine is a Misdiagnosis
Arthur Caplan, a leading bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania, published a…
How Much do Financial Incentives Matter to Physicians?
In this experiment, medical students were paid under fee-for-service and capitated payment…
Giving Interns More Sleep is Not Making Hospitals Safer
The Latest: Last month something extraordinary happened at teaching hospitals around the…
Rejoinder to yesterday’s Medicare post
Yesterday I posted about a Wall Street Journal opinion piece by John…
Canadians Also Wait for Drugs
A recent study by the Fraser Institute found that Canadian federal and…
What Small Business Thinks About Health Reform
Add one more splash of bad news to the cascade that has…
County Run Stroger Hospital Launches Advertising Campaign to Lure Patients From Other Hospitals
This is the first I have heard of a county hospital anywhere…
