Health Costs

policy issues, reforming hc, Why PM

“Design and create a safe, decent, patient centered healthcare system.”

e-Patient Dave | September 29, 2011

Yesterday the New York Times reported that some health insurers have applied to regulatory agencies to push premiums sharply higher - usually double-digit increases, while citizens are suffering. This falls on top of the 11 year history reported last year by the Kaiser Family Foundation: wages and inflation are up ~40%, while health costs and worker [...]

Will The Great Recession Create Millions of e-Patients?

Gilles Frydman | May 19, 2009

Another post about healthcare “creepware” from Opaque, Inc. While reading the Wall Street Journal health blog, I saw this disturbing piece of information: In a new survey conducted by Mercer, the employee benefits consulting shop, nearly half of the 428 employers polled said they plan to shift more health costs to employees in 2010. Further, [...]