Shopping by Phone?
Can a fifteen-minute call really save you 15% or more on your car insurance? I’m not sure, but it might...
Still Waiting on Price Transparency
Why is it so hard to figure out how much health care services are going to cost? It has been...
Missouri’s Refusal to Lead
Missouri’s Medicaid program is out of control, and state lawmakers don’t seem to care. Enrollment in the state’s program keeps...
Health Care Price Transparency in Missouri: Part Two
In my last post, I discussed the push for increased price transparency in health care, and why transparency is good...
Health Care Price Transparency in Missouri: Part One
What makes health care so different than any other thing you might shop for? Well, it’s different in that you...
No Surprise: Health Care Spending Accelerated in 2014
One of the most ballyhooed promises of Obamacare was the law's supposed effect on Americans' health care spending. Frequent talk...
Obamacare Cronyism: Where Does the Bureaucracy End and the Insurance Industry Begin?
When the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was written in 2010, much of it was negotiated behind closed doors with...
Florida Story Shows Risk of Conflating Medicaid Waivers With “Block Grants”
Earlier this week I was asked by the Kansas City Star for my thoughts on a Medicaid expansion proposal being marketed...
Bad Data, Bad Tech and No Expansion Lead to Fall in Missouri Medicaid Enrollment
After President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
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