South Charleston hospital to charge min of $8 upfront for non-emergent ER visit. (It will take more than $8 to dissuade ER walk-ins.) @NCPAx.com/RDalyhealthcare/status…
That's an amusing take on the research. However, I suspect many hospitals would readmit dead patients if allowed to do so. @NCPAx.com/doctorwes/status/88273…
Are those net jobs? Because we know biz will create more w/o mandate. If healthcare jobs go, that means cost control is working. Win! @NCPAx.com/TopherSpiro/status/883…
There's something unseemly about doling out $200 bil in taxpayer money to do what Congress was sent to DC to do in the first place. @NCPAx.com/mfcannon/status/883055…
Actually, most cases of anaphylactic shock & severe allergic reactions are in hospitals; from injected meds and scan contrast agents. @NCPAx.com/RobertLehrer/status/88…
Health insurance contributes to high health expenditures. Yet bill seeks to lower premiums rather than health costs. Incompatible goal @NCPAx.com/JoanneKenen/status/882…
Why is healthcare expensive? 3rd party payment distorts incentives. Example: Duke Univ hospital has 67% more billing clerks than beds @NCPAx.com/RealClearHealth/status…
Great article about the rise of medical paternalism; explores what we're missing by putting medicine on a high pedestal out of reach. @NCPAx.com/Robert_Graboyes/status…