I’ve been following the discussion surrounding universal health care and Sicko closely over the past couple of weeks. It’s interesting to me to see the polarity of opinion around the question of how best to deliver health care in this country.
One thing is sure: Reasonable, open discussion of the issues with [...]
Michael Moore’s new film “Sicko” is a must-see for everyone, regardless of party affiliation, regardless of how you feel about Moore, and regardless of where you stand on the state of health care in the United States. He presents a picture of health care in our country that strikes a chord and resonates in [...]
Part II of a series on healthcare reforms
Adam J. Wolfberg wrote an excellent commentary for the Boston Globe today on “Hippocritical Doctors”. The issues he describes in his column go right to the heart of the issues at the heart of the PBM problem in my previous posts and deeper to the heart of [...]
An illustration of why PBMs are such wonderful cash cows for the insurance boys:
For the year ended Dec. 31, Caremark reported that its profit grew 15 percent to $1.07 billion compared with profit of $932 million in 2005. Caremark’s revenue grew 11 percent in 2006 to more than $36.7 billion from revenue of nearly $33 [...]
The verdict is mixed (PDF document) - some good, some bad. Interesting discussion about consumers feeling uninformed to make good decisions about halfway through the document, reporting on a study by Rand Corp..
In my opinion, consumer-directed health care is ripe to create a market of adverse selection in the health care industry, [...]
