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Medicare Savings Might Be Costing Us: Here’s Why
In theory, ACOs were supposed to save money by better coordinating patient care, and by achieving organizational efficiencies.
Could ACOs be costing us money?
Medicare Savings Might Be Costing Us: Here’s Why
In theory, ACOs were supposed to save money by better coordinating patient care, and by achieving organizational efficiencies.
Could ACOs be costing us money?
An Unbelievable Study Proves—College Students Make Rational Sex Decisions?
Rational decision making does not only require consistency. It depends on making good judgements about the relative benefits and harms of the choices one makes.
Fighting Vaccine Hesitancy
In 2019, tens of thousands of Americans took an unproven COVID treatment—hydroxychloroquine—because a persuasive politician convinced them of its merits. So often, the message is more important than the verity of the message.
My Doctor Told Me The Cost Of The Appointment… Give Or Take $200!
To rein in healthcare spending, we need to discuss healthcare costs early enough in the course of care for patients to decide how, or whether, to spend their precious dollars.
Coverage That Kills – Breast Cancer Care Is Undermined By High Deductible Health Plans
Here is an awful thing about high deductible health plans: They delay breast cancer diagnosis and get in the way of proper breast cancer care.
Don’t Just Thank Science For Covid Vaccines
It is the season for expressing thanks. With that in mind, I’m here to urge us all to thank more than just science, or scientists, for developing these amazing vaccines.
There Is Nothing Wrong With Healthcare Profits
The problem with American healthcare is not the existence of greed. It’s the rules greedy people need to follow to make money. The key to reforming American healthcare is not to demonize greed, but to change the rules of healthcare reimbursement.
Too Many Blood Pressure Pills—Here’s A Time When Treatments Go Too Far
Physicians need to be more cautious about adding new blood pressure medicines to treat hypertension in hospitalized patients. Rising blood pressures in such circumstances might simply be an artifact of acute illness.
Colon Cancer Plus American Health Insurance – A Fatal Combination
The US is rapidly becoming a high out-of-pocket healthcare system, often with disastrous results.
