Administration’s radical actions on drug pricingBy Albert DiPiero MD, MPH Everyone is going after a common enemy these days: Big Pharma and high drug prices. The House and Senate have...
Bold move forces hospitals to post prices as of January 1The Trump administration surprises again. Amid the chaos and backtracking and incoherence, in healthcare at least the administration...
Update: Healthcare spending rate slows, but still reaches $3.5 trillionThe good news is that the rate of growth in healthcare spending has slowed in 2017 to 3.9% per year, compared to a 4.8% jump in 2016. But...
Some good news for health insurance premiumsMany areas of the US are anticipating a pleasurable change for 2019: the price of health insurance is dropping and the choice of plans...
Corporate health costs: no crisis to match the rhetoricListening to the rhetoric on the street, it sounds like employers have reached their limit and are ready to take drastic action to get...
The True Cost of Drugs - Show me the PriceThe Trump administration is moving forward with its proposal to force drug makers to reveal the list price of their drugs in consumer...
Stunning rise in deductibles eat up workers’ income Health insurance deductibles have gone up 200% in the last decade, rising eight times faster than wages. Any way you look at it, the...
Legacy Health System fined $5 million for meal and rest break violations by BOLIAnyone who leads or manages a business that relies on employees to deliver services including healthcare, retail, restaurants, etc is...
Secrets and LiesHere is another example of how barriers limit competition and limit transparency, to the benefit of legacy players in healthcare. The...
Closing the loopholes that permit devastating surprise medical billsIn an outbreak of bipartisanship, senators have unveiled draft legislation meant to protect consumers from unexpected massive medical...
Sanders DiPiero respond to NY Times OpEd: "Blame Emergency Rooms for the Out-of-Control Cost of CareIn his recent Op-Ed contribution [Blame Emergency Rooms for the Out-of-Control Cost of Healthcare. September 5, 2018], Dr. Glenn Melnick...
ER and Hospital Monopolies drive healthcare costs In his recent Op-Ed contribution, [Blame Emergency Rooms for the Out-of-Control Cost of Health Care, New York Times, September 5, 2018]...
Is there a way to build a lower cost health plan?If you buy individual health insurance - as opposed to getting insurance through your employer - you may be in a real jam. The individual...
PBJ reports that Zoom pitched Medicaid that it could save millions by reducing unnecessary ER visit Zoom didn't comment on this story and we won't either. - Sanders DiPiero Zoom+ Makes Pitch That Would Expand Its Service to Medicaid...
Generics Generated Over $200 Billion in Savings in 2017As the nation grapples with ways to lower healthcare costs, access to generics plays a large role in saving patients, and the health...
U.S. healthcare spending nearing 20% of GDPThe WSJ reports that healthcare spending in the U.S. will soon reach 20% of GDP, a significantly higher proportion than any other major...
The future of health care is already hereLAST MONTH we learned again that our national health care system is so beyond broken that it will require not one, but three billionaires...
New study pegs cost of Sanders’ 'Medicare for all' at $32 trillionThink tank estimates "Medicare for All" at $32 trillion over decade. Others challenge the projection. Worth scanning these two stories...
Efforts needed to address 'financial toxicity' of cancer treatmentThe economic hardship people suffer when they get sick in the U.S. Media, academic, policymakers continue to avoid root issue of the cost...
Consumerism coming to healthcare: Opportunities and obstacles Unintentionally humorous article about delusional hospitals who hire consultants to tell them become customer obsessed. - Sanders DiPiero...
