Category: Policy

When Hospitals Merge, Patient Satisfaction Gets Squeezed

When two competing companies merge and get bigger, a common worry of their customers is whether the quality… Read More

By David Burda February 20, 2019

Price Controls Take Root in Rhode Island. Will They Spread to Your State?

One state’s attempt to control healthcare costs by using “affordability standards” ended up limiting increases in commercial health… Read More

By David Burda February 14, 2019

Economics

When Blue Is the New Green

I mean, what did you think was going to happen? A new study says big Blues plans that… Read More

By David Burda February 7, 2019

Economics

The Immovable Force That Is Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

Death, taxes and employer-sponsored health insurance. We know the first two are certainties in life, and new research… Read More

By David Burda January 24, 2019

Everyone Knows What’s Going to Happen in Healthcare in 2019. Do You? – Burda on Healthcare

What’s going to happen in healthcare this year is anyone’s guess. Not really. What’s going to happen in… Read More

By David Burda January 23, 2019

Economics

Medicare Advantage Bends Cost Curve the Wrong Way

Everyone sees what they want to see in the latest figures on national health expenditures released by the… Read More

By David Burda January 2, 2019

Consumerism

The Slow Road to Value-Based Care

A new report is yet another sign that the march toward value-based care has bogged down. The Health… Read More

By David Burda December 26, 2018

Policy

Eisenhower’s Prophecy: The Healthcare Industrial Complex®

On January 17, 1961, three days before leaving office, Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke to the nation one last… Read More

By David W. Johnson December 19, 2018

Economics

HHS Goes All In on Competition as the Way to Fix Healthcare Woes – Burda on Healthcare

Competition good. Regulation bad. That’s my caveman summary of HHS’ manifesto released on Dec. 3 on how to… Read More

By David Burda December 17, 2018

Policy