Affordable Care Act – Qualitative and Quantitative Market Research

Category: Affordable Care Act

Potus Vs. Amazon

November 20, 2018
Affordable Care Act

Check this out. What you will see is the musings of a physician who is pondering what will happen with the troika that Amazon/Berkshire Hathaway/J.P. Morgan have assembled to “fix” healthcare. On one hand, she is excited that a disruptive commercial force might actually...

Is Sunshine Really “The Best Disinfectant?”

January 22, 2018
Affordable Care Act, Physician Stakeholders

We all know about the “sunshine act.” The one that was supposed to reveal “conflicts of interest” purportedly resulting from some physicians receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from pharmaceutical companies. And. To some extent that goal has actually been...

The $20,000,000 Patient!!!

July 31, 2017
Affordable Care Act, Medicaid

Check out this LA Times article. In it, you will find a discourse on the impact that a few patients, suffering from rare but extremely costly conditions, can have on Medicaid in particular, and health care bills in general. To me, the most poignant comment in this...

That’s What I Was Afraid Of!!!

July 21, 2017
Affordable Care Act

In this revealing post, you will discover that the Government has been giving bonuses for “efficiency” to low quality hospitals. The discussion of this goofiness contained in the post sort of speaks for itself. However, a couple of discussion points should be mentioned...

The Insurance Companies Did It!!!

June 22, 2017
Affordable Care Act, Healthcare Reform

Check out this piece. In it, you will read that healthcare became such a mess because of the machinations of insurance companies and, behind them, the political workings of the AMA. You will also see the perspective that Obamacare and the latest Republican attempts...

Healthcare and Socioeconomic Status???

December 13, 2016
Affordable Care Act

In this blog post, we are once again reminded of how important it is to choose our language very carefully. Here, we find a doctor opining that it is “unacceptable” that there be a disparity in healthcare based on socioeconomic status. In our capitalistic society,...

Trump and Healthcare IT as Seen by a Healthcare CIO

December 8, 2016
Affordable Care Act, Politics in healthcare

More specifically, as seen by Dr. John Halamka, pictured above, who is Chief Information Officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Center, a Full Professor at Harvard Medical School and lots of other things too numerous to mention. Cutting to the chase, when he pens a blog...

And Here Is Another One….

November 29, 2016
Affordable Care Act, Politics in healthcare

Yeah, I know. Yesterday’s blog was a series of prognostications by one blogging physician on what the Trump election will mean for healthcare. Well, here is another one. Last one, I promise! Compare the two, and maybe compare these two with the zillion other physician...

A Vote For Trumpcare???

November 28, 2016
Affordable Care Act, Politics in healthcare

Check out this post. Here you will find one blogging physician’s perspective on what “The Donald’s” election might mean for health care in the US. Sort of fascinating, actually. This doctor sees Trump’s entrepreneurial bent as not being likely aimed exclusively...

Bottom Up Changes In Health Care

May 19, 2016
Affordable Care Act, Future of Healthcare, Healthcare Reform

A simple thought for today. Read this blog post! Bottom Line. What you see in this blogger’s thoughts is a clear expression of the notion that while politicians and others are scrambling around trying to change health care from the top down, meaningful changes...