No Ads on Google Health? How Do They Make Money?

Here's how.

Bring Back Managed Care to Revive Massachusetts Plan

Align incentives to reward people for keeping patients healthy?

Capitation?

Really?

Duh.

Medicare Advantage Plan Spending

"Of the monthly per-beneficiary payments to MA plans, 87% is used for medical expenses, or $683 of $783 per beneficiary per month, according to the report. About 9%, or $71 per beneficiary per month, is used for nonmedical expenses, including administration, marketing and sales. About 4%, or $30, is considered profit, the report found."

Read the Kaiser Daily Policy Report here.

Let's Just Kill the OB's

Can you frickin' believe this?

They want to raise ob malpractice premiums even more in NY?

Oh Shit. Bad News for Health Care Finance. Worse News for Health Status and Homelessness

Two graphs, one depicting trends in earnings, and another showing trends in housing prices, just might hint at what's in store...

(Never mind the fact that these folks are on a runaway freight train to homelessness and piss poor health status.)

10 Out of 10 Pain?

10 out of 10 pain apparently means different things to different people.

Suckered by the "Popes of Cardiology"--LDL is Bullshit?

Have we been suckered by the "Popes of Cardiology" (who have also made a bundle of cash in the process)?

Could it really be true that LDL cholesterol is bullshit? That LDL values should be ignored?

I just read two kick-ass posts from Maggie Mahar at Health Beat.

Check out The Cholesterol Con Part I and Part II.