Tag: healthcare

December 9, 2016

It’s decision time for the 55 million Americans covered by Medicare. Open enrollment, when people can enroll in Medicare or make changes to their plans, runs every year from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. But anyone who thinks that signing […]

December 6, 2016

As consumers review their coverage and shop for 2017 insurance through the federal health law’s online marketplaces during the annual open enrollment period, many of the directories they are using are outdated and inaccurate. Some doctors in the directories are […]

December 2, 2016

Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services Secretary, already has a plan for how to abolish Obamacare. The Washington Post reported late Monday that Trump intends to announce Price, who currently serves as House […]

November 24, 2016

Spending on health care for people who have private insurance accelerated last year, ending a two-year period of more modest spending growth, a new study finds. In 2015, overall spending for people with private health insurance increased by 4.6 percent, […]

November 21, 2016

Almost 10 percent of the nation has diabetes, and avoiding diabetes isn’t only about lifestyle and diet. Some people are genetically predisposed to the disease: It turns out that children with a family history of diabetic complications will be more […]

November 8, 2016

If it passes in the most populous state, the measure could influence national policymaking. Ohio voters will consider a similar measure in 2017 and more may follow in other states. U.S. senators are looking for ways to alleviate “sticker shock” […]

November 7, 2016

A new survey finds that just 4 percent of Americans are able to correctly define all four terms that determine how much they would personally have to pay for medical services and drugs they receive under their health insurance plans. […]

October 27, 2016

St. Louis is experiencing a public health emergency. This year, we are on track to break the record for the number of fatal prescription opioid and heroin overdoses. And while this problem doesn’t exist just in our city or just […]

October 7, 2016

People might be forgiven for thinking that the Affordable Care Act is the federal government’s boldest intrusion into the private business of health care. But few know about a 70-year-old law that is responsible for the construction of much of […]

October 4, 2016

As millions of Americans battle alcohol abuse problems each year, public health officials suggest that two often overlooked medications might offer relief to some. More than 18 million people abuse or are dependent on alcohol, yet a key study funded […]

September 12, 2016

Across the country, a public safety campaign is underway to teach both first responders, such as police officers, and average citizens how to stop trauma victims from bleeding to death. United under the banner of a White House-led public safety […]

August 2, 2016

With the Zika virus looming just a couple of years after Ebola spread across West Africa, what’s long been obvious to experts should now be clear to the rest of us: We live in an era of emerging pathogens. Between […]

July 19, 2016

The answer may be yes.  One of the big inpediments to value-based pricing of pharmaceuticals was that any discount given to any single organization based on outcomes needed to be reflected in the Medicaid price.  Since outcomes are subject to random noise, there will inevitably […]

July 13, 2016

President Barack Obama on Monday called for the creation of a “public option” for Obamacare, an idea that had previously been considered but then abandoned during the creation of the Affordable Care Act in Congress. Obama, in an article published […]

July 12, 2016

Prospect theory states that individuals view transactions relative to a fixed reference point.  Individuals are risk averse for gains (i.e., they would prefer $10 for sure over a 50/50 of winning $0 or $20) but risk loving over losses (i.e., they […]

July 12, 2016

Conjoint analysis” is a broad term that can be used to describe a range of stated-preference methods that have respondents rate, rank, or choose from among a set of experimentally controlled profiles consisting of multiple attributes with varying levels. The […]