The following post is being posted on a number of blogs - including this one - across the blogosphere today in an attempt to help people focus on the choices we would all want to make for ourselves if we faced a life or death medical situation.  The effort, which was the subject of a front […]

For the past four years, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has teamed with U.S.News & World Report to prepare a national ranking on health plans using member satisfaction and clinical effectiveness information compiled by NCQA to build individual scorecards for each participating carrier.  This is the equivalent of the U.S.News forays into colleges, hospitals, and other elite […]

I’m pretty sure that most public policy types believe they are doing the right kinds of things to encourage a greener and more resource sustainable economy.  And in many cases, I’m sure that translates into a set of initiatives, laws and regulations that put the arm on private sector organizations to do “better.”  I was […]