Who Is Donald Berwick?

Donald Berwick is a Harvard professor. He has also been nominated by President Obama to run Medicare. In an interview last year  Dr. Berwick explained that the British National Health Service has, “developed very good and very disciplined, scientifically grounded, policy-connected models for the evaluation of medical treatments from which we ought to learn.” “The decision […]

Oh To Be Young Again

The common retort to, “Hope and Change,” is that change is what will be left in our wallets after health care reform kicks in. For those under the age of 30 this could not be more true. The actuarial folks at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Arizona estimate that premium rates for this segment […]

It’s Easy To Understand The Mistrust

The federal government owns sixty-one percent of General Motors. The other day, amongst much fanfare, the CEO announced that his company has paid back the federal government all that was owed from the TARP loans, and did so five years ahead of schedule. The American people have been led to believe that GM is selling more […]