This morning’s New York Times Op-Ed by Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, a professor of medicine at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and the author of “Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Healthâ€, caught my attention. I agree with many of Dr. Welch’s points, specifically that rising health care costs are…
Health insurers 2012 Earnings: from amednews
Health insurers report 2012 earnings with eyes on ACA in 2014  - By BOB COOK, amednews staff — Posted Feb. 18, 2013 During health insurance companies’ discussions with stock analysts about what happened in 2012 and what they expect to happen in 2013, much of the talk instead turned to 2014. As with 2012, company executives said,…