“I’m sorry, our billing person is out for a few hours. You’ll have to call back,” said the administrator at the imaging lab. “Thank you for calling _____ Insurance. Our systems are down, please call back again later,” said the recording at the health insurance […]
In the first half of 2015, more than 350 mergers & acquisitions (M&As) took place in the healthcare industry. 346 of those occurred in the first quarter alone! Not all prices were publicly disclosed, but as of the end of March, disclosed deals were valued […]
Revolving Doors, Regulatory Capture and Healthcare Reform Do you ever wonder how it is that entire industries can act against the public interest but the government agencies established to regulate them go along with it? There are countless examples of this, like BP drilling in […]
Do you think that getting healthcare is similar to buying a commodity like, say, a couch? You shop around, comparing options and costs. Cloth? Leather? Sectional? Chesterfield? And then you buy one? Does this really happen with healthcare? In my experience, no. There are lots […]
Can you imagine if car insurance worked like health insurance? I’m not talking about the mandate that drivers carry auto liability insurance, or health insurance. I’m talking about how the insurance actually functions (or not) when people need it! We were recently in an auto […]
