Economics

Economics Bring out the Xanax. Anxiety among Obamacare supporters is skyrocketing. The bad news just keeps coming. Aetna has… Read More

Outcomes In an iconic 1984 commercial for Wendy’s hamburgers, the diminutive octogenarian Clara Peller and two friends are eating… Read More

Consumerism The Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) released its annual report of healthcare prices last month. To no-one’s surprise,… Read More

Economics Hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky gave the business world its most over-used strategic metaphor, “I skate to where the… Read More

Economics Market Corner Commentary for January 13, 2016-Manipulating Demand: Paying Patients for Lower-Cost Care In October, Planet Money aired… Read More

Consumerism Market Corner Commentary—Demystifying Medical Student Loan Debt, for December 16, 2015 Winston Churchill famously observed that “Russia was… Read More

Consumerism Market Corner Commentary for November 11, 2015-Getting Right with Consumers: Right Businesses. Right Places. Right Prices. Consumerism has the… Read More

Consumerism “Amazoning” Healthcare’s High Prices A recent Kaiser Health News article reports that prices for basic women’s health services… Read More

Economics Market Corner Commentary for September 23rd-The Tyranny of Average Costing: Profit and COST in Value-Based Delivery Michael Porter, the… Read More