A paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research explores how much the reform law encouraged use of preventive care.
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A brief commentary on the current status of the Federal health reform law, which has had wide-ranging effects not only on the health system but on the economy.
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Research in Health Affairs finds that increasing the age for Medicare eligibility would like likely raise national health spending.
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A WillisTowersWatson survey looks at trends in employer-based health care coverage.
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Another misfire for CMS' quality efforts, as one such program actually rewards low-quality hospitals.
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A study in JAMA finds that small, generally rural hospitals, seem to provide generally similar surgical outcomes to more urban facilities.
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Research in Health Affairs describes factors associated with hospital profitability.
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Many very ill and expensive patients have surrogate decision-makers, who often struggle in interactions with doctors around what is best for the patient.
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A survey reported in Health Affairs finds that most Americans don't see the relationship between quality and price in health care.
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Research in the Journal of the American Medical Association explores the relationship between income and life expectancy.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.