Making Healthcare a 2024 Election Issue
Realizing abortion is a losing issue, Republicans are working to make healthcare a 2024 election issue. They may be on to something, because rising health care costs are a sore point for voters. But just as…
Reengineering U.S. Healthcare
What are the economic benefits and challenges to reengineering U.S. healthcare? I address those questions in this brief article, which is shorter than many others at Modern Health Talk. I’m writing in response to an article…
Medicare and Medicare Advantage
By Bill Johnston In December 2023, the New England Journal of Medicine published an insightful paper about the two medical insurance options offered to citizens 65 and older: Medicare and Medicare Advantage. “The Predominance of Medicare…