In a surprising study to me, a recent study sponsored by Pfizer has shown that higher Medicare copayments for doctors leads to fewer doctor visits which leads to increased hospital visits both in time and frequency. Copays seemingly go up every year,...

Both Aetna and Cigna have reported earnings this week and both paint a pretty surprisingly bad picture.  Both of them have had falling revenues as rising health care costs and the decline in the overall economy has left millions more Americans unable...

The 2010 State of the States, “The State We’re In,” describes a tumultuous year for states. They faced a historic recession that caused dramatic deficits in almost every state. Most enacted across-the-board cuts, hiring freezes, and furloughs....

I have a family member that is a surgeon, and so is his wife actually.  They are both young and both have lives that you cannot imagine.  The wife, my sister in law, is already done with her residency and fellowship and at 34 can finally relax a...

A new strategy has developed from the Republicans which would allow them to stop being the party of no, and also at the same time allow them to pretend to be pro active on health insurance reform.  In reality however, they are advancing this idea...