This week’s CPI report shows hospital prices continue to race ahead of price increases in other health care sectors. In the past year, so have hospital profits.
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Posted inHealth Care
Half a Loaf From the Center for American Progress
The liberal think tank’s health care proposal is full of sound ideas that won’t deliver immediate relief. Here’s what would.
Posted inMagazine
Let the Affordability Bidding War Begin
Democrats have a stronger hand. They should raise their bets.
Posted inHealth Care
Another Threat to VA Health Care
Legislation would supercharge reckless privatization, leading to poorer health for veterans and a staggering bill for taxpayers.
Posted inHealth Care
Trump’s Concepts of a Non-plan on Health Care
The so-called Great Health Care Plan would do next to nothing to lower overall costs or premiums paid by individuals, families, and employers.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Does Trump Need a Health Care Win More Than a Good Bill?
Will Trump get more out of a legislative win than he loses in creating bad health care policy?
Posted inMagazine, March/April/May 2017
A Cure for High Health Care Costs
Republican reform plans misdiagnose the problem. The solution is better care for the minority of patients who drive most of the spending.
Posted inMagazine, March/April/May 2017
Stanford’s Big Health Care Idea
How an unconventional team of doctors figured out how to provide high-need university employees with better health care, for less money.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Aetna’s Exit From Obamacare Exchanges is Related to DOJ Antitrust Litigation
We’re heading for a showdown.
Posted inRepublic 3.0
The Untold Crisis in Medical Research
Federal research dollars are scarce. A surprising amount is wasted on poor quality science.
