Health Beat Has the Health Wonk Review
Maggie Mahar of Health Beat is hosting the Health Wonk Review today. In addition to Louise’s article on the new fourth tier here on the Colorado Health Insurance Insider, Maggie also had a recent post where she asks “Who Sets the Price at $100,000” and, does anyone happen to know, “Are These Drugs Effective?”
One of the most interesting posts comes from David Williams at the Health Business Blog. He has a very interesting post challenging conventional wisdom where he asks whether the statements below are true or false:
1. It’s less expensive to pay for prevention than to pay for treatment
2. The US spends less on prevention than other rich countries
3. Emergency rooms are overcrowded because that’s where uninsured patients go for care
4. Universal coverage will pay for itself by shifting the uninsured from the emergency room to primary care physician offices.
Conventional wisdom would say “true”, however all of the above statements are false. Read the article to the evidence.
Leave a Reply