Archive For: Commentaries

The Roaring ‘20s Then & Now: Insights on Healthcare’s Post-Pandemic Future

In a March 1944 speech to the Royal College of Physicians, Winston Churchill paid tribute to Britain’s doctors… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Matthew Bragstad November 9, 2021

Outcomes

State-Based Marketplaces 2.0 Part 2: Engines of Innovation, Competition and Consumerism

Within the current political reality, how can America implement policies that increase access to health insurance while also… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Rosemarie Day October 26, 2021

State-Based Marketplaces 2.0 (2-Part Series)

This series is about marketplace health plan innovations and how SBMs have operated as experimental policy laboratories. What’s… Read More

By David W. Johnson October 26, 2021

Economics

State-Based Marketplaces 2.0 (Part 1): The Coming Expansion in Access, Affordability and Value

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) survived its third challenge at the Supreme Court on June 18, 2021, by… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Rosemarie Day October 14, 2021

All Roads Lead to Value (Part 2): Positioning Physicians to Manage Care Risk

Author Note: This is the second of four articles on the transition to value-based care models for providers…. Read More

By David W. Johnson and Mike Elizondo October 12, 2021

Health Literacy: Assembly Required

When you buy anything that you have to put together yourself—from an Elfa closet system from The Container… Read More

By David Burda October 7, 2021

Healthcare’s “Tech-tonic” Shift to Digitization and Virtualization

Since the iPhone’s legendary 2007 launch, healthcare gurus have predicted a “tech-tonic” shift to digital and virtual care… Read More

By David W. Johnson October 5, 2021

Healthcare’s Transformative Digital Bazaar: Exchanges, Platforms and Hybrids Oh My!

In the Middle East, thousands of years ago, commerce exploded when intersecting trade routes gave rise to covered… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Jon Kaplan September 28, 2021

Outcomes

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil: Healthcare Systems’ Opportunities

“Various meanings have been ascribed to the iconic monkeys including associations with being of good mind, speech, and… Read More

By Allen Weiss September 21, 2021

Commentaries