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 jflower | Jan 21, 2017 | Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Reform
The short version of Vox’s Sarah Skiff on “Why Republican Disarray on Health Care Doesn’t Doom Repeal Efforts” would read something like: “It always looks this way in the throes of preparing major legislation. Remember how wild and confusing it was when the Democrats...
by joeflower | Jun 30, 2016 | Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Policy
The costs of healthcare turned a corner in 2009. You can see it on any graph of National Health Expenditures, whether by dollars or dollars per capita or percentage of the economy. There is a decided downward bend in the trend line between 2008 and 2009. The line then...
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 | Jun 9, 2016 | Commentary, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Reform, Universal Healthcare
The answer: Never. Here’s why. The question came over steak and a seafood tower. The steak was $51, if memory serves. A really good steak. The wine was an excellent Napa Valley red blend. We ate in a private room in a restaurant overlooking the Chicago River....
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...