A reader of mine left an interesting comment on my post about selling your kidney. Here is an excerpt:
“I am waiting for a kidney and have been dialysising for 2 [and a] half years on hemodialysis and 5 years on capd – a gentler type of dialysis… I am…using up resources and cos[t]ing a lot [...]
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Wal-Mart and Health Care
Posted in corporate practices, employee benefits, health care, insurance, markets, tagged benefit, care, Costco, drug, economist, economy, employee, employer, Freakonomics, generic, health, healthcare, HMO, insurance, low wage, Mayo Clinic, medical, Michael Critelli, minimum wage, monopoly, New York Times, NY Times, pharmacy, Pittney Bowes, Steven Levitt, Target, Wal-Mart on November 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
There’s an interesting article in the NY Times about some of the changes Wal-Mart employees will be seeing in health benefits. The purpose of my post isn’t to praise or trash Wal-Mart or its employment practices. The fact of the matter is, Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the world, and with over 1.4mm employees, [...]
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Making Progress
Posted in health care, insurance, markets, research discussion, tagged care, CDHP, CIGNA, consumer, diabetes, economic, health, healthcare, HealthPartners, high-deductible, HMO, income tax, insurance, medical, medicine, PPO, preventative, risk on November 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Two recent studies conducted by CIGNA and HealthPartners, a Minnesota-based health plan, show that people with Consumer Directed Health Plans (CDHPs) – the kind that are coupled with an HSA or HRA, paid about 4% less in medical expenses than those with traditional HMOs and PPOs. Additionally, CIGNA showed that overall medical costs in the [...]
State-run hospitals in the UK resemble Calcutta
Posted in health care, insurance, tagged bacteria, Britain, care, consumer, death, doctor, England, health, healthcare, hospital, hsa, insurance, kill, nurse, nursing, price, pricing, UK on November 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Many laud England’s health care system as one of the models that could work in U.S. A recent L.A. Times Article shows Britain’s National Health Service (which already imposes high taxes on its populous) is suffering from a $1 billion+ budget deficit and is having to lay off thousands of workers. With an already [...]
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