There’s a new Perspectives piece over at NEJM that analyzes statements by governors wo support or oppose the Medicaid expansion. Here are rationales behind opposition:
The principal obstacle to a permanent reform of the dreaded sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula that governs updates to Medicare physician payments has been the
The CBO just released it’s ten-year budget outlook (PDF). One of the stories is that the federal debt is projected to be stable over the next
There is it, in the lead of an editorial in the WSJ: Those Misleading World Health Rankings The numbers are distorted because, for instance, U.S.
Remember that great obesity mythbusting piece I loved in the NEJM? Well, I wrote more about it over at CNN.com. Go read it, share it,
I wrote the following last summer, when discussing why it will be hard for states to turn down the Medicaid expansion: This is a pretty
It’s one of those topics that I think can’t be stressed enough. Survival rates are really problematic when you’re trying to discuss improvements in mortality,
Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM, is a cardiologist and the Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University
According to new work by Dana King and colleagues, baby boomers are less healthy than their parents. Despite their longer life expectancy over previous generations,
Ashish Jha says something familiar (at least to health policy wonks), but in a new and, to my eye, very effective way. Does pay for performance
With a few exceptions, this is a very helpful summary of how the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) obtains funding. Research for PCORI is funded
It was a busy media weekend for me locally. I also appeared on Inside Indiana Business, where I discussed the Medicaid expansion. Although it’s Indiana
