Several articles in Health Affairs discuss what can be done to ensure that Medicare spending stays in control, including benefit design changes and greater cost-sharing by beneficiaries.
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An analysis in Health Affairs examines factors behind the rise in health spending from 1987 to 2009, finding that a rise in treated disease prevalence and spending per treated case…
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Another study published in the Health Affairs health cost issue examines the financial implications of a slowdown in the growth rate of national health spending.
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A survey published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that physicians and nurse practitioners have different perspectives on their respective value to and place in the health system.
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A new analysis published in Health Affairs suggests that the recent slowdown in national health spending growth may persist, as it appears to be due to factors other than just…
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A new paper from Rand looks at the effect of integrated care on a variety of outcomes, including provider and patient satisfaction, quality and costs.
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An analysis of claims and other data from three Massachusetts health plans reveals that socioeconomic status seems to have little to do with relative physician costs of care.
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Proponents of health care coverage for years have suggested that people literally died without it. New research in regard to the Oregon Medicaid lottery suggests that is highly unlikely to…
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The growth in per capita health spending in the United States has slowed in recent years. A Kaiser Family Foundation brief analyzes why the slowdown has occurred and how long…
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Health Reform hasn't turned out quite as advertised in Massachusetts, with continuing issues about access and cost. A recent study in Health Affairs indicates that many families are still facing…
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This is the first of several posts on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commissions 2013 Annual Report to Congress, which covers a variety of provider types and other issues. In this…
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An article in the current Health Affairs discusses the worldwide issue of how to limit health spending while at the same time improving people's health and the health care they…
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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.
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