Is There an “Efficient Frontier” for Medicare Payment Reform?
An Essay on Financial Health Risk Self-Selection By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™ www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com [Publisher-in-Chief] Health economist Austin Frakt PhD, of the Incidental...
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Can this Vital Buck be More Efficiently Used? By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™ [Editor-in-Chief] Recently, healthcare economist Austin Frakt PhD offered these points about healthcare dollars spent...
View ArticleWhat If Broccoli Were Like Buying Health Insurance?
Some Food for Thought Source: Jen Sorensen via Austin Frakt PhD of the Incidental Economist. Assessment Many a true word hath been spoke in jest. [c 1665 in Roxburghe Ballads (1890) VII. 366]....
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By Staff Reporters via Austin Frakt PhD On Health Economics, Finance and Insurance, Quality Care and Organizational Behavior 1. Substantial Health And Economic Returns From Delayed Aging May Warrant A...
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Devastating? [By Austin Frakt PhD] Noam Schieber’s NYT piece today is devastating. About selecting papers to be most prominently featured at a top economics conference, David Card is quoted, “‘I...
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Fears Put to Rest By AUSTIN FRAKT PhD The demand for primary care doctors has gone up as more people have gotten health care coverage …. But so has appointment availability. Doctor Shortage Under...
View ArticleIs the PP-ACA Un-Constitutional?
A Texas court has declared the entire ACA unconstitutional By Austin Frakt PhD And I’ve got an op-ed in the Washington Post about why the court is wrong. Here’s a taste: Who cares if a zero-dollar...
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