February 2017 - The Health Care Blog

Wellbeing: The Interdependencies of the Body, Mind & Spirit.

By JIM PURCELL In 1891, Dr. Luther Gulick proposed a red triangle as the YMCA symbol. In his words, the equal sides of the triangle stood for “man’s essential unity– body, mind and spirit– each being a necessary and eternal part of man, being...

Published Mon, Feb 27 2017 10:28 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

DrExit: Costs of A Hospital Monopoly in One Underserved County

By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD There is a growing body of evidence that hospital mergers lead to higher prices for consumers, employers, insurance, and government. It is imperative to educate patients and lawmakers as to how the consolidation of hospitals and medical...

Published Tue, Feb 28 2017 9:49 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

What Experts in Law and Medicine Have to Say About the Cost of Drugs

By ANDY ORAM Pharmaceutical drug costs impinge heavily on consumers’ consciouness, often on a monthly basis, and have become such a stress on the public that they came up repeatedly among both major parties during the U.S. presidential campaign–and...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2017 8:56 AM by THCB

Filed under: Pharma, Uncategorized, Andy Oram, Drug Pricing

Dear Mr. President: Here’s the Inconvenient Truth about the Military and Veterans Health Systems

By PAUL KECKLEY Through the years, I’ve had the honor of speaking to groups after they heard from notables like Michael J. Fox, Sammy Hagar, Jeff Immelt, U.S. Secretaries of Health Tommy Thompson and Mike Leavitt, Warren Buffet and others. They’re the...

Published Sun, Feb 05 2017 9:15 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Hell Is A Very Small Place: Voices From Solitary Confinement

DAVID INTROCASO It is well recognized that over the past several decades US prisons and jails have become the nation’s largest inpatient psychiatric hospitals. This is not surprising when you realize the majority of the US correctional population...

Published Tue, Feb 07 2017 12:58 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

A Purpose-Driven App Tests Work-Life Balance

By MICHAEL MILLENSON Your employer sends out an email saying they want to make sure you’re getting enough sleep and physical activity, are eating well and feeling creative and, finally, have a sense of “mindfulness.” So they’re providing a free app designed...

Published Thu, Feb 09 2017 11:23 AM by THCB

Filed under: Michael Millenson, Uncategorized, Jool Health, Victor Strecher

ACA Enrollment Final Numbers for 2017—A Cautionary Tale for Trump and Republicans

By STEVEN FINDLAY For the record and as we crawl chaotically towards repeal & replace or repair, the final numbers on ACA enrollment for 2017 are in. They reflect coverage in the 39 states that operate through healthcare.gov plus the 11 states and...

Published Sun, Feb 12 2017 9:34 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Travel Ban Is Revealing—but Does Not Threaten American Medicine

BY JANE ORIENT, MD A 90-day ban on travel from seven countries has sparked tremendous outpourings of worry or outright opposition by some 33 medical organizations. “The community is reeling over the order, fearing that it will have devastating repercussions...

Published Mon, Feb 13 2017 7:11 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Don’t Get Too Distracted By the Smoke Coming Out of Washington

By CECI CONNOLLY Health care has risen to the top of the national agenda and Washington policymakers are once again debating how to affordably provide coverage and care for Americans. It is a discussion we welcome. But in the meantime, let’s not lose...

Published Thu, Feb 16 2017 8:59 AM by THCB

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The Definitive Guide to Repealing & Replacing Obamacare

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE “So how about it, Nash? You scared?” “Terrified… mortified… petrified… stupefied… by you.” (–A Beautiful Mind) Fear is now a sign that you are an intelligent, educated, open-minded and caring person....

Published Mon, Feb 20 2017 1:23 PM by THCB

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The Policymaker’s Guide to Options For Replacing the Cadillac Tax

By CRFB.org As policymakers debate repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA or “Obamacare”), disagreement remains over how to address the ACA’s “Cadillac tax.” Rather than repealing the 40 percent tax on high...

Published Wed, Feb 22 2017 12:22 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Lifecycle Theory of Saving For Healthcare Needs

By DEVON HERRICK Republicans are bickering over whether to repeal the more costly provisions of Obamacare and allow greater flexibility into the health insurance marketplace. Republican lawmakers were shocked… SHOCKED, to discover net beneficiaries of...

Published Sun, Feb 26 2017 10:26 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Devon Herrick, Life Cycle Theory of Saving For Future Healthcare Needs

A Better “Better Way”

By GEORGE KALOGEROPOULOS Reports coming out of Washington suggest that Republicans may have bitten off more than they would like to chew with repealing & replacing the ACA, with a proliferation of proposals and no consensus on which to support, or...

Published Mon, Feb 27 2017 12:26 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The End of Big Data?

By THCBist Last week’s news that MD Anderson Cancer Center has pulled the plug on its two year partnership with IBM-Watson led many critics to wonder out loud if the machine-learning revolution is in trouble, and if Big Data could be about to become...

Published Tue, Feb 28 2017 9:40 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Headlines We Won’t See In 2017

By BILL REID Earlier, I offered a sarcastic headline view of the coming year. Yet, underlying these headlines are some more serious issues that we as an industry have to address. They may not happen this year, but we need to continue to make progress...

Published Wed, Feb 01 2017 9:54 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Bill Reid, Predictions 2017

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Wellbeing: The Interdependencies of the Body, Mind & Spirit.

DrExit: Costs of A Hospital Monopoly in One Underserved County

What Experts in Law and Medicine Have to Say About the Cost of Drugs

Dear Mr. President: Here’s the Inconvenient Truth about the Military and Veterans Health Systems

Hell Is A Very Small Place: Voices From Solitary Confinement

A Purpose-Driven App Tests Work-Life Balance

ACA Enrollment Final Numbers for 2017—A Cautionary Tale for Trump and Republicans

Travel Ban Is Revealing—but Does Not Threaten American Medicine

Don’t Get Too Distracted By the Smoke Coming Out of Washington

The Definitive Guide to Repealing & Replacing Obamacare

The Policymaker’s Guide to Options For Replacing the Cadillac Tax

The Lifecycle Theory of Saving For Healthcare Needs

A Better “Better Way”

The End of Big Data?

Headlines We Won’t See In 2017