A new study in the Journal of the AMA (JAMA) finds that 25% of the current $3.5 trillion spent by Americans on healthcare is wasted – dollars spent that don’t help achieve health or relieve disease. Fellow blogger Henry Kotula has summarized the findings, as re-posted below. Commentators on the JAMA article echo Fixing U.S. … Continue reading AMA Journal Blames Greed and Politics for Rising Healthcare Costs
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Rethinking the Cost-Benefit of PSA Tests
Was this Fixing U.S. Healthcare blog wrong to single out PSA as not worth its cost? This was the claim in two previous posts, including the overall most popular one, The Problem of Diminishing Marginal Benefit in Healthcare. Some new information suggests that we need to rethink that original claim. Prostate Specific Antigen Since prostate … Continue reading Rethinking the Cost-Benefit of PSA Tests
Candidates Debate Healthcare Reform
Once again, healthcare reform is at the forefront of the U.S. political debate. CNN allotted healthcare the lead-off spot and 22 minutes on both nights of its Democratic Presidential Debates this week, more than for any other issue. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) perhaps best captured the key challenge -- unsustainable costs: In the United States … Continue reading Candidates Debate Healthcare Reform
Healthcare Reform: “150 million Americans won’t give up their private health insurance to get Medicare for all.” Really?
Former Representative Jim Delaney (D-Md) threw down the gauntlet to the left-leaning attendees at the California Democratic convention on June 2 by challenging Medicare-for-all. ”The problem with Medicare for all, it’s actually really simple, is that it makes private insurance illegal. And 150 million Americans have private insurance, and 70% of them like it according … Continue reading Healthcare Reform: “150 million Americans won’t give up their private health insurance to get Medicare for all.” Really?
It’s Not Just About Costly Drugs – It’s Testing, Too
On the stump, many of the candidates are railing against skyrocketing drug costs. They promise at campaign rallies at the top of their lungs to “Bring down the cost of drugs.” This blog, however, claims that it’s not only about costly drugs. It’s the whole system that is rigged and has high costs baked into … Continue reading It’s Not Just About Costly Drugs – It’s Testing, Too
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