Regular readers of this blog should know by now that I spend a lot of time thinking about Medicare — the 800 pound gorilla in health care in this country. Apparently, I’m not the only one. As previously posted, Peter Orszag, the director of the Congressional Budget Office, is thinking about it a lot. So […]

It was an inside story in the Wall Street Journal, which meant it wasn’t THAT important. But as someone who pays attention to the cost of health care generally — and the cost of Medicare and Medicaid in particular — it caught my attention. Peter Orszag, the director of the Congressional Budget Office, is making […]

I’ve written before about the negative impact Medicare payment policy — which favors specialization and procedure-driven health care — has had over time on primary care. And since Medicare is the driving force behind all provider payment policy in this country, what Medicare does really matters. Someone sent me a blog the other day on this topic that makes […]