Tag: healthcare costs

Why Can’t The Market for Medical Care Work Like Cosmetic Surgery?

Americans see their doctors more than 1 billion times a year ―…

JohnCGoodman JohnCGoodman

How to Control Healthcare Costs: Lessons from Singapore

  Americans pay more for their health care than residents of other…

Sarah Sonies Sarah Sonies

Steady as She Goes or Down With the Ship, a Parable for Healthcare

Last week I was visiting Microsoft customers and partners in Stockholm, Sweden.…

Bill Crounse Bill Crounse

Annual Healthcare Costs For Family of 4 Now At $22,030

(Editor's Note: Dan Munro writes for Forbes.com under the heading "HealthCare Compass")It’s…

Dan Munro Dan Munro

Empowerment

Francis Bacon is credited with the statement “…knowledge is power….” Francis Bacon is credited…

Jeff Gaus Jeff Gaus

How Much Does a Knee Replacement Cost? A Question From a NJ Transit Bus

An ad for surgery on the side of a bus is guaranteed…

Jeanne Pinder Jeanne Pinder

Government Drops Big Data Bombshell on U.S. Hospital Industry

(Editor's Note: Dan Munro is a contributing editor to Forbes. His columns are…

Dan Munro Dan Munro

Hospital Chargemasters and Open Data from CMS — The Conversation Continues

When CMS recently released hospital chargemaster and payment data for the 100…

David Harlow David Harlow

Data Alone Does Not Make Health Care Pricing Meaningful

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released new data this week, showing…

Joanne Conroy Joanne Conroy