Will Healthcare Reform Bring Down Costs?
Will the recently passed healthcare reform law actually help to bring down costs? One recent study says that it will.
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Will the recently passed healthcare reform law actually help to bring down costs? One recent study says that it will.
October 15, 2010
Today’s New York Times has an article discussing changes that employees should expect in their health insurance options during this year’s open enrollment season. While the article is generally informative, the author takes a moment to include a brief dig at employers: As in years past, employers will be rejiggering their plans with an eye… [Read more…]
March 25, 2010
Four provisions in the recently passed health care reform legislation take effect relatively soon and have a direct impact on employers.
October 7, 2009
Patients can be better health care consumers if they're provided with good data and information.
October 2, 2009
Today’s recommendation is a relatively brief article that presents some great insights into the challenges of making consumer-driven health care a more central part of efforts to reform the health care system as a whole. The article, “Talk to the Invisible Hand” by Darshak Sanghavi, discusses the various reasons why the health care marketplace is… [Read more…]
August 27, 2009
My recommended reading for this weekend is an article by media executive David Goldhill that appears in the most recent edition of The Atlantic. The provocative title of the piece is How American Health Care Killed My Father. The editors of the magazine introduce the article as follows: After the needless death of his father,… [Read more…]
July 31, 2009
Today’s Marketplace Scratch Pad blog points readers to an opinion piece in the Financial Times which I’m guessing will elicit some strong responses from at least some of the people who read this blog. Entitled “America’s healthcare should no longer be tied to jobs,” management consultant and author Matt Miller argues forcefully for the idea… [Read more…]
July 23, 2009
In answer to a question in his news conference on July 22, 2009, President Obama gave a very brief tutorial to the nation on the relationship between cash compensation and employee benefits.
July 17, 2009
Peter Singer's New York Times Magazine article, "Why We Must Ration Health Care," brings a nuanced, and sophisticated approach to the question of how we, as a society, decides what health care expenditures should be paid for from the public purse.
July 13, 2009
Walmart has come out in favor of including a "pay-or-play" provision as a part of health care reform. Assuming such a provision becomes law, will employers choose to give up on providing health insurance to their employees?
December 3, 2010
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