Life Expectancy Drops First Time Since 1993
This post was originally published on this siteThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a federal agency, has reported the remarkable news that U.S….
December 2016
Obamacare Repeal Has Begun For Small Firms
This post was originally published on this site(A version of this Health Alert was published by Forbes.) My previous Health Alert suggested the 21st Century…
GDP: Health Spending Almost Flat
This post was originally published on this siteFor those (like me) concerned about how much health spending continues to increase after Obamacare, the third report…
Of Borges and Big Data, Or: Is Big Data Too Big?
This post was originally published on this site …In that Empire, the Art of Cartography attained such Perfection that the map of a single Province…
Joint Commission: The Latest on Text Messaging Patient Care Orders
This post was originally published on this site Over the past five years, the Joint Commission has frowned, smiled and again frowned upon the use…
Obamacare’s Effect on Employers’ Health Costs
This post was originally published on this siteThe Bureau of Labor Statistics has published a chart showing how health benefit costs among private employers have…
Zeke Emanuel, Obamacare Architect, Visits Trump To Urge One-Term Presidency
This post was originally published on this siteLast Wednesday, the Trump transition team disclosed the remarkable news that Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, an architect of Obamacare,…
The Health Care Costs Quandary: What Can Be Done About It?
This post was originally published on this siteI recently attended a roundtable discussion that included Human Resource (HR) executives, chief financial officers (CFOs), benefits brokers, consultants…
Obama Just Partially Repealed Obamacare, Proving Republicans Can Succeed
This post was originally published on this site (A version of this Health Alert was published by Forbes.) Since the election, there has been a…
CPI: Dramatic Drop In Prescription Drug Prices
This post was originally published on this siteThe Consumer Price Index rose 0.2 percent in November. Remarkably, medical prices were flat overall. This is the…