Did “Medicus economicus” Kill Medicare Part B Reform?
By DAVID, MATTHEWS and MAUGHN When doctors complain about proposed changes to health care reimbursement, do they speak for patients or their pocketbooks? As the...
By DAVID, MATTHEWS and MAUGHN When doctors complain about proposed changes to health care reimbursement, do they speak for patients or their pocketbooks? As the...
By STEVEN SOUMERAI Dear Washington, Congratulations! You have listened to the AMA and practicing physicians and made it a little easier to comply (at first) wit...
By ANISH KOKA, MD A GOP congress may never again get a chance to kill so many people. Could rival the Iraq war in its total. — David Cutler (@Cutler_econ) June ...
By JASON CHUNG Picture this. Amy becomes pregnant while working as a high school teacher. Her employer’s health insurance plan pays the maternity bills and she ...
By MEGAN ADAMSON … There is a far more fundamental issue affecting the overall success of our healthcare system. Doctors and patients need more transparency wh...
By BRIAN JOONDEPH, MD Fake news has replaced responsible journalism. It’s hard to know what to believe. It wasn’t long ago that supermarket tabloids like Nation...
By DAVID INTROCASO THCB readers are well aware this coming week Senate Republicans plan to begin debate on passing their amended version of the House-passed Ame...
By MICHEL ACCAD, MD Is health insurance a plan to help healthy people mitigate against an unexpected illness, or an income subsidy to help the sick pay for medi...
By JASON CHUNG You can find the full text of the Senate Bill here. Following is the Senate Republicans summary of their Obamacare replacement bill, with comment...
BY THCB STAFF With action expected on the legislation next week, the Senate released the full text of its proposed Obamacare replacement. Surprise, surprise: af...