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Health 2.0 - The Consumer Aggregators

Featuring: Roni Zeiger MD, Product Manager, Google Health, Wayne Gattinella, CEO WebMD, David Cerino, Microsoft Health Solutions Moderator: Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Think-Health Overview: With consumers turning to online sources in record numbers, competition is heating up between the giants in the...
October 22, 2009 in Affordability Model | Permalink | Comments (0)

Fantasy League Baseball -- Beltway Series Edition

By MICHAEL MILLENSON Bob Laszewski’s Health Care Affordability Model has the same connection to the reality of the current battle over health care reform as a Fantasy Baseball League does to the actual outcome of a major league baseball game;...
July 10, 2009 in Affordability Model, Michael Millenson, Policy/Politics, Reform, Robert Laszewski | Permalink | Comments (12)

Why Congress Should Consider Bob Laszewski's Health Care Affordability Model

By BRIAN KLEPPER Over the last few months, I have become increasingly disheartened over the prospects for meaningful health care reform. First, the process is terribly conflicted, and it shows. In the first quarter of 2009, the Center for Responsive...
July 9, 2009 in Affordability Model, Brian Klepper, Current Affairs, Marketplace, Policy, Policy/Politics, Reform, Robert Laszewski, The Industry | Permalink | Comments (40)

The Affordability Model

By ROBERT LASZEWSKI Most health care experts agree the reason our system is so unaffordable is because of all of the waste and unnecessary care—up to 30% of what we spend. I will suggest that it will take the genius...
July 8, 2009 in Affordability Model, Costs, Policy, Reform, Robert Laszewski | Permalink | Comments (28)