Happy eclipse day!! A recent commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine exaggerates the benefits and minimizes the costs of health insurance expansions.
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More insights from the MedPAC report on national health spending and Medicare.
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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission issues a report on health spending and the Medicare program.
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A few giant tech companies seek to dominate every aspect of our lives, including our health. Google is buying health monitoring company Senosis Health to further its stealthy move into health.
https://www.geekwire.com/2017/exclusive-google-buys-seattle-health-monitoring-startup-senosis-bolstering-digital-health-push/The American Medical Group Association and the Medical Group Management Association release some information regarding costs and compensation for medical practices.
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Another PE firm has purchased a majority interest in Medical Knowledge, another company which is engaged in the honorable (and profitable) business of pimping for drug and biotech companies is pushing their products on consumers and providers.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/mts-recaps-medical-knowledge-group/New research carried in the Journal of Health Economics describes the price elasticity of demand for health care services.
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