TL;DR: Premium costs reduced by more than a third. Annual deductible reduced by more than 90%. We have much, much better health insurance for much less cost. **** Full disclosure: I worked in and around U.S. healthcare for over 30…
Facing the Future
I compiled my thoughts on the primary challenges the United States faces in the coming decade, and ways to overcome them, here: http://www.hackneys.com/docs/facingthefuture.pdf The primary focus in this collection is on domestic challenges, although some geopolitical issues are addressed. .
A Perfect Storm
“…our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are … testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so…
Health Care Reform, the Napkin Version
Back in March, I posted a series on Health Care Reform: Thoughts on Health Care Reform Health Care Reform FAQ Health Care Reform: The Options Health Care Reform: The Cost Drivers – One Academic’s View Health Care Reform: $2.4 Trillion…
Health Care Reform: $2.4 Trillion and $85.6 Trillion
The web site pagetutor.com put up an excellent illustration of what 1 trillion dollars looks like. The original site is here: http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html I excerpted the post here to help illustrate how much the United States spends on health care. What does…
Health Care Reform: The Cost Drivers – One Academic’s View
What drives the rapidly escalating increases for the cost of health care in the United States? The following are the views of one PhD on that topic. Key excerpts: 80% of total health care spending linked to chronically ill patients…
Health Care Reform: The Options
. There are a plethora of plans and proposals for the reform of the U.S. health care system being promoted by every imaginable interest group, vested interest and limelight seeking politician. I have gathered a few repsentative samples here to…
Health Care Reform FAQ
A PDF file version of this post is available here: http://www.hackneys.com/docs/healthcarereformfaq.pdf =================================================================== Q: Why should I care about health care system reform in the United States? A: Because: The nation can no longer afford the current system, not on…
Thoughts on Health Care Reform
I was recently asked by our friend, Gary DuBois, to join a conversation of Americans, ex-patriots and citizens of other countries about the state of the health care system in the United States and prospects for meaningful reform. Gary asked…