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Category: Baylor Journal Club
Unlearn What You Have Learned
The history of employer sponsored health insurance (ESI) is long and colorful. Given the chance, it is a story we would rewrite. Removed of our hindsight, might we actually arrive with a better health care financing system? Few would argue Continue Reading …
Justifying the Charge Master
The price of health care in America is a complex and controversial topic. Many agree that we pay too much for the health care we receive but there is little agreement on what exactly should be done about it. A Continue Reading …
Sugar, Sugar
With increasing rates of obesity across the globe, governments are beginning to take more and more action to reduce the consumption of unhealthy dietary products. In 2014, Mexico took a step in this direction by implementing a 1 peso per Continue Reading …
Decisions, Decisions
Consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) have recently become popular in health insurance, with 30% of covered employees enrolled in CDHPs in 2017. These plans have high deductibles, lower premiums, and a health spending account which is usually tax-incentivized. They expose enrollees Continue Reading …
Medicaid Fee Bump Not Improving Outcomes
Can we improve health outcomes for the low-income if we give our physicians more money to treat them? Compared to Medicare and private insurance, Medicaid provides relatively little reimbursement for physician services. A 2017 study examined the downstream effects of Continue Reading …
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