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Soak the Sick

I'm indebted to my colleague Dr. Don McCanne for the following:

Wendell Potter on Medical Loss Ratios

There was a time, in the early 1990s, when health insurance companies devoted more than 95cents out of every premium dollar to paying doctors and hospitals for taking care of their members.

A countervailing force

In today's Salt Lake City Tribune this letter to the Editor was found tucked away in the corner:

Beyond Broken

Quality care doesn't cost more

Quality care doesn't cost more," (Christie North of HealthInsight) said, "in fact, it should cost less because if we're doing the right thing at the right time, then people aren't getting into trou

Doctors Named Joe Agree

Dr. Joe Cramer and Dr. Joe Jarvis both have "that sickening feeling right before something really bad occurs", which in this case is Congressional health reform. Dr.

The Market Structure of the Health Insurance Industry

In all the heated, uninformed, ideological howling which has characterized the national health reform 'debate' this year, what has been needed is an authoritative, objective and nonpartisan voice a