Blogs / 2012 / June

Castlight Health provides transparency on the cost, quality and convenience of health care providers. In this podcast interview, Dr. Dena Bravata, Castlight’s chief medical officer, explains how the Supreme Court ruling will affect Castlight and it... more...

When a health care story dominates the mainstream news I hesitate to cover it on the blog, since it’s hard to add much that’s new. But when Avalere Health CEO Dan Mendelson –one of the most knowledgeable experts on health policy– agreed to speak wi... more...

On the final day of the 2012 session, the Supreme Court delivered its historic decision a little after 10 a.m. (EDT) and by a 5-4 decision the court upheld the controversial Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Chief Justice John Roberts ma... more...

I’ve been complaining for some time that Republicans have been big on the “repeal” part of “repeal and replace” but light on the “replace” side. So I’m reluctant to be too harsh in my criticism of the Choice in Healthcare Act introduced by Rep. D... more...

As the only conference 100% dedicated to innovative health and benefit management, The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism’s FORUM West conference is the place to be to LEARN, CONNECT and SHARE with key players in the health care consumerism movemen... more...

In a previous post at the Health Affairs blog, I argued that the single biggest mistake in health policy is the belief that the best way to make health care accessible is to make it free at the point of delivery. In a follow up post I argued tha... more...

After the historic three days of hearings from the U.S. Supreme Court on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the day has finally arrived. Today [June 25] the decision will be announced. Now the question is what happens next?&nb... more...

Speaker of the House John Boehner, one of the more sober Republicans in Washington, is warning his colleagues not to go wild celebrating if the Supreme Court overturns the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare). Apparently he realizes that it coul... more...

There’s a good debate still to be held in this country on health reform, but only if the Republicans step up to the plate with serious ideas. I’m not that optimistic, but am not giving up hope yet. In Massachusetts the Senate race between Scott B... more...

Last week I wrote about how health insurance might follow in the footsteps of auto insurance by providing discounts for people who engage in healthy behaviors. Auto insurers use onboard telematics. Health plans could soon use remote patient monitorin... more...