Category: Economics

States Foul-Tipping Regulatory Approaches to Control Healthcare Prices

A new Viewpoint in the Journal of the American Medical Association said states are trying, but largely failing,… Read More

By David Burda June 18, 2019

Economics

More on Why Employers Should Pay Attention to Behavioral Health

More on the what and the why of employers and behavioral health, and what both mean for remaking… Read More

By David Burda June 5, 2019

Economics

Doctors and the Laws of Supply and Demand – Burda on Healthcare

It’s a great time to go to medical school and become a doctor. Ignore all the manufactured angst… Read More

By David Burda May 30, 2019

Economics

Getting Urgent about Urgent Care: Health Systems Go Big on Retail

Historically, health systems have delivered acute care services in hospitals and ambulatory facilities. Their business models centralize care… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Wyatt Ritchie May 21, 2019

Economics

What Businesses Say They’re Doing About Their Employees’ Mental Health

The National Institute of Mental Health says 46.6 million adults suffered from some form of mental illness in… Read More

By David Burda May 16, 2019

Consumerism

The Deep State of Physician Prescribing Patterns

And you thought changing patients’ health behaviors was going to be hard. Try changing physicians’ drug prescribing patterns…. Read More

By David Burda May 9, 2019

Consumerism

An Unbearable Burden (Part 2): Wide Variations in State Health Insurance Costs

The Healthcare Affordability Index (Index) is a simple and powerful metric for assessing the impact of rising healthcare… Read More

By David W. Johnson May 7, 2019

Consumerism

Let’s Get Real: Medicare for All Can’t Work, but Affordable Health Insurance for All Can

As it has in the last three presidential elections, healthcare is emerging as a decisive political issue in… Read More

By David W. Johnson April 24, 2019

Economics

This Is a Story About Where Healthcare Regulations Come From – Burda on Healthcare

Healthcare is one of the most if not the most regulated industry in the U.S. While its businesses… Read More

By David Burda April 23, 2019

Economics

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