“Medical homes”: good idea, or politicized boondoggle?

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

David Hogberg at Investor's Business Daily has written a nice critique of the so-called "medical homes" pushed by ObamaCare (HR 3590).  A "medical home" sounds comforting, but if politicians are forcing you, or nudging you, into one with legislation, then you should be wary. A few excerpts from the article, ...

Fee-for-service and medical quality

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Michael Cannon speaks on how the fee-for-service method of paying for medical care provides poor incentives for medical quality.  As he writes here, Rather than allow a level playing field for all payment systems, so that competition forces them all to improve, government tips the scales toward fee-for-service.  Medicare is the ...