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 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 | 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 | Aug 6, 2015 | Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Reform
Or…it’s complicated. The New York Times today published a story titled, “No, Giving More People Health Insurance Doesn’t Save Money.” A piece of the argument is, as the author Margo Sanger-Katz puts it, “Almost all preventive health...