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President Obama gave a speech to the American Medical Association on Monday. A significant portion of the speech concerned the state of health care in the United States.
What struck me…

An under-the-radar debate is occurring in health care between those who say data shows that practice variations across the land are “unwarranted” and those who maintain that such variation is inevitable given socioeconomic population differences and cost of practice differences…

By MERRILL GOOZNER Merrill Goozner has been writing about economics and health care for many years. The former chief economics correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, Merrill has written for a long list of publications including the New York Times, The…

It’s that time of year again. When the health insurance company sends me a letter telling me what my new premium will be. This year, my plan resulted in a $50 increase. Because costs keep rising. (Or the CEO of the company is finding his hundreds of million dollars in compensation is inadequate.)
At any rate, [...]

By Matthew Holt I have no idea why this was at HealthcampNashville today, but here’s sword swallower Dan Meyer swallowing a huge sword with change:healthcare’s Chris Parks removing it! More tweets from HealthcampNashville here

Probably you. According to the Associated Press, “Health insurance premiums for an average family are $1,000 a year higher because of costs of health care for the uninsured, a…

A hospital that denied a woman from visiting her dying partner at a hospital is now at the center of a federal lawsuit.
Tara Parker-Pope details the case, which is sparking outrage. I won’t rehash the discussion, which has been quite vigorous over at her blog. Indeed, the results of the pending lawsuit can [...]

One question that occasionally comes up is whether doctors should be paid a flat salary or not.
Currently, the majority of physicians are paid fee-for-service, meaning that the more procedures or office visits they do, the better they are reimbursed. This, of course, gives a financial incentive to do more, without regard to quality or [...]

By JOSH LEINWAND I am a first-year medical student, president of the Yale Medical Student Council, and a reader of the Health Care Blog. I am writing to make you aware of an effort among members of my class to…

Bolstered by the stimulus, there’s no doubt that there’s a significant push for doctors and hospitals to adopt digital medical records.
I’ve written before how we’re essentially throwing money at Windows 95 technology, but now, as an article from BusinessWeek points out, there’s a real danger in moving too fast.
Somewhat under-publicized were the incompatibilities with older [...]