“Patients, providers and payers would benefit from getting better information on what works in health care and how treatments compare to one another. Little is known about how these procedures stack up, so we end up paying for them all, even when they may do nothing to improve health. Researchers at Dartmouth have found that […]

I gave a talk recently to the Maine Medical Association. They asked me to speak about health care in 2020. They did not want my view on clinical issues (thankfully!), but instead, wanted some perspectives on public policy and financing. Since I’m not exactly sure about where the future will go, I tried to keep […]

A few weeks ago, the Mass. Taxpayer’s Foundation issued a report that said that cities and towns in Massachusetts could save a fortune on health insurance premiums - BILLIONS OF DOLLARS - if they joined the state’s Group Insurance Commission, which administers health insurance benefits for state workers and retirees, and their families. I’m not […]