A reader asks: "If the current bill passes are my health insurance costs likely to go up, down, or remain about the same?"If the form that I believe most likely to pass actually passes (insurance reforms, individual mandate, weak or no public option or...
From the American Hospital Association Weekly, 9/15/09If you’re thoughtful, if you’re thinking about how health care in the United States actually works; if you’ve been following the bouncing ball here about why it costs so much for such mediocre results, you’re...
Are you waiting for the shoe to drop? The anvil to fall? Don't.Whether or not we're hit with "reform," this won’t be over soon, and it will affect you and your organization for years to come and in more surprising ways than you might...
(From the July 7, 2009 Hospitals and Health Networks Weekly)How can we tell what health care "reform" will mean for providers, really, on the ground? Politicians, the "chattering class," and especially broadcasters whose income depends on their...
On June 18, SunTrust Bank sponsored a webinar for its physician clients (most of them specialists), in which I discussed the future of business models and care models: How will medical specialists make a living in the future? And how will they care for patients? I...
(by Joe Flower, from TheHealthCareBlog.com)You want healthcare reform. I want healthcare reform. Grandma Jenkins wants healthcare reform. What is healthcare reform? What kind of animal are we talking about? How would we recognize it if it came up and bit us? What are...
