Forcing Coverage
How can we make the ACA more costly? Easy. Just add move “covered services”. Here’s an example: The Obesity Care
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How can we make the ACA more costly? Easy. Just add move “covered services”. Here’s an example: The Obesity Care
Continue readingI understand that no insurance company should be compelled to stay in the exchange if they are losing money but
Continue reading“One seldom recognizes the devil when he is putting his hand on your shoulder.”- Albert Speer When the real estate market
Continue readingI find this to be amusing. Imagine a scenario where if you order a test on a Medicare patient that you
Continue readingAt the 2015 Interim Meeting this month, AMA leaders decided that making physical wellness was important. Good for them. AMA President
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Continue reading“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty,
Continue readingI remember hearing this issue of “translation costs” when I worked for a hospital. In fact, a urologist I knew
Continue readingThe bastion of liberal reporting, the NY Times, seems to be surprised about how unaffordable the ACA is. In a
Continue readingLast Friday night, we had a great dinner at Ruth’s Chris steak house. You know the drill, top shelf cocktails,
Continue readingSome more great news for the insurance industry. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan reported a $265-million net surplus last year
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Continue reading“Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.” Wendell Johnson
Continue readingYes, you read the title right. It turns out that when researchers compared the spending of 25,000 Florida physicians in 2000–2009
Continue readingThis WSJ article was only an “advice” piece on how to get out of debt. What they really showed, however,
Continue readingOne of the more entertaining reality TV families out there is the Brown family, the stars of Alaskan Bush People.
Continue readingSomehow I decided to tweet a response to the Commonwealth Fund. If you don’t remember, they are a left leaning
Continue readingI don’t consider myself an Obama hater. He seems like a nice guy to me. I just don’t like a
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Continue reading“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” Marcus Aurelius
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