Category: Consumerism

Podcast: Arizona, Oregon Voters Pass Healthcare Affordability Measures 11/17/22

The Votes are In Are state ballot initiatives the right way to make medical care more affordable? Two… Read More

By David Burda November 17, 2022

Podcast: It’s Customers Versus Providers Over the Patient Experience 11/10/22

Avoiding One-Star Reviews Consumers know what they want, but can providers give it to them? We talked about… Read More

By David Burda November 10, 2022

Medicare Advantage Markets Are More or Less Competitive

If you read the headline of this blog post in the form of a question, the answer, I… Read More

By David Burda November 9, 2022

Economics

Rewiring Healthcare’s Smartest Professionals (Hint: It’s Not Physicians)

I won’t keep you in suspense. Healthcare’s smartest professionals are the tens of thousands of individuals who populate… Read More

By David W. Johnson November 3, 2022

Home Is Where the Healing Happens: Uniting Medicare Advantage Payers and Providers to Create Value

Payers and providers are directing an increasing proportion of Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA) patients into home health… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Matt Margulies October 25, 2022

Podcast: Wither Reproductive Services and Maternity Care? 10/13/22

Access to reproductive services and maternity care is dwindling in the U.S. What’s behind it? And how can… Read More

By David Burda October 13, 2022

Policy

Eisenhower’s Nightmare: A Massive and Malignant Healthcare Industrial Complex®

After leading the Allies to victory in World War II and serving eight years as president, Dwight D…. Read More

By David W. Johnson and Ezekiel J. Emanuel September 27, 2022

Past, Present and Future: Where Are Doctors Headed?

Physicians, not websites, are the front doors to the healthcare system. Whether the healthcare system moves back, forward… Read More

By David Burda September 20, 2022

Consumers Leaning Left on Healthcare

Traditionally, in politics, when you wanted to sling mud at an opponent during a campaign, you’d accuse him… Read More

By David Burda September 14, 2022

Consumerism