The Politics of Publicly-Funded Health Care

What really happens in the budgeting process Over at Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review, the always-insightful Bob Laszewski walks us through the mechanics of the just-passed federal budget and its health care financing implications for SCHIP, physicians, hospitals, Medicare Advantage plans. This clear, common sense analysis is a must-read for anyone interested in how […]

Business As Usual

California’s Reform Proposal In the world of health reform wonks, all eyes are on California at the moment. His Republicanism notwithstanding, Governor Schwartzenegger has developed a generous $14 billion bill that would extend universal coverage to all Californians by 2010. Now that the plan is set, the special interests are lining up. Most of the […]

Policy vs. Market-based Reform

RHIOs as a Case Study In Health Affairs, a Harvard team has published an important review of the current state of RHIOs (Regional Health Information Organizations), many of which are failing. Of 145 efforts identified in 2006, nearly one in 4 had closed by early 2007, only 20 were actually exchanging clinical information and most […]

Bad Medicine

How the AMA undermined primary care in America On last Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal website, Dr. Benjamin Brewer describes physicians’ reactions to the 10.1% cut in Medicare physician payments that will take effect January 1. He argues that the onus will fall, once again, disproportionately on primary care physicians, who are already losing the struggle […]

Brian Klepper

Brian Klepper Health care analyst, author, speaker Brian Klepper, Ph.D, is a health care analyst working on national reform issues, writing and speaking. Dr. Klepper consults with health care organizations and business groups to develop the pricing and performance transparency that is essential to improving decision-making, quality and efficiencies at every level of the system. He […]

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