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Category: Health care costs
Market Concentration Affects Cost-Shifts
Hospitals have been largely thought to shift costs among public and private payers to offset costs. New research reveals that the ability to conduct such cost-shifting is also related to the competitive nature of a hospital’s community. It is a Continue Reading …
Inconsistent access to care in Arizona
The effects of insurance coverage on access to care in Arizona provides a startling lesson of the problems with inconsistent coverage. People cycling on and off insurance tend to forgo care and necessary medication. As the price tag of Continue Reading …
Paul Ryan’s Medicare Plan
Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) plan for Medicare would save costs to the federal government at the expense of senior citizens by fundamentally restructuring this defined benefit entitlement to a defined contribution. Is it good or bad? Ask the voters. You know Continue Reading …
Price transparency for health care
The high cost of health insurance in the US has been a longstanding problem; some experts have argued that the answer to lowering health care costs involves creating a competitive market for consumers. The strategy is simple: drive health care Continue Reading …
Eliminating Duplicative Government Spending
The Government Accountability Office was tasked to find areas of duplication within the federal government. They discovered 81 potential areas of overlap, three of which refer to health care and public health. The General Accountability Office was asked to report Continue Reading …