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- Fears of the public option are overblown by Health Business Blog on Oct 29, 2009
Revival of the so-called public option in health reform legislation has big business in a big tizzy. I listened in on a Business Roundtable briefing yesterday where two talking points were hammered on repeatedly: The public plan will result in cost...
- Podcast interview with MEDecision CEO and founder David St. Clair: Transcript (Part II) by Health Business Blog on Sep 25, 2009
This is the second half of the transcript of my recent podcast interview with MEDecision CEO and founder David St. Clair. Part I is here. David Williams: There’s been quite a demonization of the health insurance industry as part of the debate a...
- Podcast interview with MEDecision CEO and founder David St. Clair: Transcript (Part I) by Health Business Blog on Sep 25, 2009
This is the first part of the transcript of my recent podcast interview with MEDecision CEO and founder David St. Clair. David Williams: This is David E. Williams, co-Founder of MedPharma Partners and author of the Health Business Blog. I’m s...
- Podcast interview with MEDecision CEO and founder David St. Clair by Health Business Blog on Sep 24, 2009
MEDecision offers “smart, simple, state-of-the-art” solutions to health plans to enable them to collaborate on patient care. At the heart of MEDecision’s offerings is Alineo, which lets payers identify high-risk (i.e., costly) patie...
- Are you ready for $30,000 health insurance? by Health Business Blog on Sep 18, 2009
The Kaiser Family Foundation’s Drew Altman does some Simple Arithmetic to demonstrate that the average cost of a family health insurance policy could reach $30,000 in ten years, which is kind of nuts in an era where overall price levels are lik...
- Broader implications of Aetna’s never event policy by Health Business Blog on Aug 26, 2009
In normal industries when someone makes a mistake it has negative financial consequences. When a factory damages a widget during the manufacturing process, the company can’t sell the final product and has to absorb the labor, material and capital c...
- Why is the Globe picking on Charlie Baker? by Health Business Blog on Aug 5, 2009
Today’s Boston Globe (State Aided Baker’s Business Triumph) makes several points to undercut gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker’s claim to have turned around Harvard Pilgrim Health Care: Attorney General Thomas Reilly (a Democra...
