http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/22/would-reform-bills-control-costs-a-response-to-atul-gawande/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=would-reform-bills-control-costs-a-response-to-atul-gawande The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere Thu, 24 May 2012 07:58:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/22/would-reform-bills-control-costs-a-response-to-atul-gawande/comment-page-1/#comment-152712 Oops, Maybe ObamaCare’s Cost Controls Won’t Work after All | Tennesseans Watching Federal & State Government Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:35:06 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3279#comment-152712 [...] how things are supposed to work. But as Alain Enthoven explained to Gawande, the really perverse thing about Medicare pilot programs is that even the successful [...] [...] how things are supposed to work. But as Alain Enthoven explained to Gawande, the really perverse thing about Medicare pilot programs is that even the successful [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/22/would-reform-bills-control-costs-a-response-to-atul-gawande/comment-page-1/#comment-152584 Oops, Maybe ObamaCare’s Cost Controls Won’t Work after All | Cato @ Liberty Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:14:56 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3279#comment-152584 [...] how things are supposed to work. But as Alain Enthoven explained to Gawande, the really perverse thing about Medicare pilot programs is that even the successful [...] [...] how things are supposed to work. But as Alain Enthoven explained to Gawande, the really perverse thing about Medicare pilot programs is that even the successful [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/22/would-reform-bills-control-costs-a-response-to-atul-gawande/comment-page-1/#comment-37911 that hero » Obamacare Still an Awful Idea Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:38:34 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3279#comment-37911 [...] administrations promised would make Medicare more efficient. Suppliers of wheelchairs and other medical equipment have blocked efforts to reduce the inflated prices Medicare pays them. The industry has killed or [...] [...] administrations promised would make Medicare more efficient. Suppliers of wheelchairs and other medical equipment have blocked efforts to reduce the inflated prices Medicare pays them. The industry has killed or [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/22/would-reform-bills-control-costs-a-response-to-atul-gawande/comment-page-1/#comment-36057 ONC’s work to stimulate innovation and diffuse EHR best practices | Health IT Buzz Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:50:35 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3279#comment-36057 [...] recent and thoughtful critiques of Gawande’s argument appeared in the blogosphere—one from Alan Enthoven on the Health Affairs Blog and the other from Matthew Holt on The Health Care Blog—suggesting that Gawande made some [...] [...] recent and thoughtful critiques of Gawande’s argument appeared in the blogosphere—one from Alan Enthoven on the Health Affairs Blog and the other from Matthew Holt on The Health Care Blog—suggesting that Gawande made some [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/22/would-reform-bills-control-costs-a-response-to-atul-gawande/comment-page-1/#comment-34393 Shifting the Blame for America’s Health Care Woes | Think Tank West Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:41:01 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3279#comment-34393 [...] Klein’s fallback position is that even if RomneyCare increases premiums, that’s not an indictment of the law because cost-control was not one of its goals.  Never mind that Mitt Romney boasted, “the costs of health care will be reduced.”  Klein knows political rhetoric when he sees it.  Yet he oddly sees no parallels between the phony-baloney promises of cost-control used to sell RomneyCare and the phony-baloney promises of cost-control used to sell ObamaCare — despite ample assistance from people like Medicare’s chief actuary and Alain Enthoven (“the American people are being deceived“). [...] [...] Klein’s fallback position is that even if RomneyCare increases premiums, that’s not an indictment of the law because cost-control was not one of its goals.  Never mind that Mitt Romney boasted, “the costs of health care will be reduced.”  Klein knows political rhetoric when he sees it.  Yet he oddly sees no parallels between the phony-baloney promises of cost-control used to sell RomneyCare and the phony-baloney promises of cost-control used to sell ObamaCare — despite ample assistance from people like Medicare’s chief actuary and Alain Enthoven (“the American people are being deceived“). [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/22/would-reform-bills-control-costs-a-response-to-atul-gawande/comment-page-1/#comment-33574 A Response to Jonathan Gruber on ObamaCare & Health Care Costs | Think Tank West Thu, 13 May 2010 17:15:27 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3279#comment-33574 [...] experimenting with different government price and exchange controls? Even successful pilot programs get nixed.  Comparative-effectiveness research?  A pipe dream that fails every time the government tries [...] [...] experimenting with different government price and exchange controls? Even successful pilot programs get nixed.  Comparative-effectiveness research?  A pipe dream that fails every time the government tries [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/22/would-reform-bills-control-costs-a-response-to-atul-gawande/comment-page-1/#comment-33138 More Questions for Thoughtful ObamaCare Supporters | Think Tank West Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:16:19 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3279#comment-33138 [...] does it say that veteran and centrist health economist Alain Enthoven writes, “The American people are being deceived...the bills in Congress…do little or nothing to curb [health care] expenditures. When the [...] [...] does it say that veteran and centrist health economist Alain Enthoven writes, “The American people are being deceived…the bills in Congress…do little or nothing to curb [health care] expenditures. When the [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/22/would-reform-bills-control-costs-a-response-to-atul-gawande/comment-page-1/#comment-32321 December’s Readings: Dialogue You Should Hear | Healthcare Letter Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:35:48 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3279#comment-32321 [...] more interesting, on December 22, in an article written for Health Affairs, The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere, Professor Alain Enthoven wrote [...] [...] more interesting, on December 22, in an article written for Health Affairs, The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere, Professor Alain Enthoven wrote [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/22/would-reform-bills-control-costs-a-response-to-atul-gawande/comment-page-1/#comment-32315 Plain Sense Economics » Enough Cost Control in Healthcare Reform? Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:49:40 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3279#comment-32315 [...] for decades. His preferred model uses competition to spur innovation and cost control. Here is a recent article in the Health Affairs blog on his current thinking. It is a good read. Gawande acknowledges that the cost of health care [...] [...] for decades. His preferred model uses competition to spur innovation and cost control. Here is a recent article in the Health Affairs blog on his current thinking. It is a good read. Gawande acknowledges that the cost of health care [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/22/would-reform-bills-control-costs-a-response-to-atul-gawande/comment-page-1/#comment-32304 It ain’t tox, but . . . more on Gawande » The Poison Review Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:41:52 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3279#comment-32304 [...] a detailed critique of the piece by economist Alain Enthoven is even more convincing.  Enthoven cites several flaws in [...] [...] a detailed critique of the piece by economist Alain Enthoven is even more convincing.  Enthoven cites several flaws in [...]

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