by joeflower | Mar 17, 2017 | Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Insurance, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Reform, Uncategorized
This is a letter I sent to Gary Cohn, appointed by President Trump to head the National Economic Council and, among other things, come up with a plan for reforming healthcare. Formerly president of Goldman Sachs, Cohn may be a wizard at finance, but healthcare...
by joeflower | Jun 22, 2016 | Healthcare Insurance, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Reform, Universal Healthcare
What it is: Alaska’s GOP-dominated legislature has passed and Sarah Palin endorsed Governor Bill Walker has signed a bill to bail out the state’s one remaining Obamacare insurer, using $55 million in tax money. Take a look:...
by joeflower | Nov 25, 2015 | Future Hospital Industry, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Systems Thinking
“See? Obamacare is failing!” according to industry expert C. Little, citing Wolf Report 712A just filed by Boy W. Cried. What is the hue and cry about this time? United Healthcare is saying it has lost large bales and wads of money on Obamacare exchange plans, and...
by joeflower | Nov 16, 2015 | Future Hospital Industry, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Insurance, Systems Thinking, Volume to Value
Successful strategies will be the ones that thrive despite high variance, multiple energy inputs and multiple strategic options. You follow movies? That is, not just watching them but thinking about how they are built, looking at the structure? In classic movie...
by joeflower | Jun 11, 2015 | Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Insurance, Healthcare Reform
So it’s all over the news space and the shrieking blogosphere, with headlines like, “Obamacare Rates To Spike Up To 51%,” “Obamacare Hell…” and “Obamacare Inflationary Deluge…” And online friends are commenting about “Obamacare premiums set to rise next year as much...
by joeflower | May 26, 2015 | Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Insurance, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Reform, Top Healthcare Stories
Republicans have raged against Obamacare for six years now. But do they really want to see it crash? We are rapidly approaching the day when the Supreme Court announces its decision in King v. Burwell. The case found a four-word phrase in the 900-page law that says...