Click here to view C-SPAN's coverage of the conference. It is an honor to be invited here today. Thank you Mr. Secretary, fellow panelists, and distinguished guests? ?Gail has shown us that we are entering a new world of health care. We finally can see that the light at the end of the health care tunnel isn?t the train of socialized medicine coming at us but, instead, the light of a new … [Read more...] about Making Healthcare More Affordable – White House Economic Summit
Archives for December 2004
Evidence-Based Medicine Examined
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Every Little Bit Helps ? Evidence-Based Medicine Examined ? Rules of the Road for HSAs ? Blues Promise National HSAs by 2006 ? Docs Should Talk-Up HSAs ? HSAs Bursting Out in New York ? Dirigo Health Fizzles Every Little Bit Helps I thank you for your interest and support over the past year. It's always fun to meet readers when I'm traveling and hear that … [Read more...] about Evidence-Based Medicine Examined
Making Healthcare More Affordable – White House Economic Summit
Click here to view C-SPAN's coverage of the conference. It is an honor to be invited here today. Thank you Mr. Secretary, fellow panelists, and distinguished guests? ?Gail has shown us that we are entering a new world of health care. We finally can see that the light at the end of the health care tunnel isn?t the train of socialized medicine coming at us but, instead, the light of a new … [Read more...] about Making Healthcare More Affordable – White House Economic Summit
No Silver Bullet
Three noted economists writing in The Wall Street Journal this week claim to have found the silver bullet to solve the problems in the health sector. The answer, they write, lies in allowing ?all health care expenses - employee contributions to employer-provided insurance, individually purchased insurance and out-of-pocket spending? to be tax deductible to everyone. Click here to read the … [Read more...] about No Silver Bullet
Response to Cogan, Hubbard, and Kessler Article in The Wall Street Journal
We have been searching for a silver bullet to solve the problems in the health sector for decades, and John F. Cogan, et al, claim to have discovered it with their idea to provide full tax deductibility of all expenditures for health care and health insurance ("Brilliant Deduction," Dec. 8 commentary). But their silver bullet misses the mark. While reforming the tax treatment of … [Read more...] about Response to Cogan, Hubbard, and Kessler Article in The Wall Street Journal
Response to Cogan, Hubbard, and Kessler Article in The Wall Street Journal
We have been searching for a silver bullet to solve the problems in the health sector for decades, and John F. Cogan, et al, claim to have discovered it with their idea to provide full tax deductibility of all expenditures for health care and health insurance ("Brilliant Deduction," Dec. 8 commentary). But their silver bullet misses the mark. While reforming the tax treatment of … [Read more...] about Response to Cogan, Hubbard, and Kessler Article in The Wall Street Journal
Consumer Directed Health Care Conference
IN THIS ISSUE: ? CDHCC Conference ? UnitedHealth Buys Definity ? DEA Renegs on Pain Management ? End of PPOs by 2010 ? Tiered Hospital Networks Clumsy and Bureaucratic ? AMA to Back Specialty Hospitals ? Making the Case for Specialty Hospitals CDHCC Conference I was able to catch only part of the CDHCC conference in Washington this week. Judging from the exhibitors, HSAs are … [Read more...] about Consumer Directed Health Care Conference
Consumer Directed Health Care Conference
IN THIS ISSUE: ? CDHCC Conference ? UnitedHealth Buys Definity ? DEA Renegs on Pain Management ? End of PPOs by 2010 ? Tiered Hospital Networks Clumsy and Bureaucratic ? AMA to Back Specialty Hospitals ? Making the Case for Specialty Hospitals CDHCC Conference I was able to catch only part of the CDHCC conference in Washington this week. Judging from the exhibitors, … [Read more...] about Consumer Directed Health Care Conference