Gayle BrekkeDec 14, 20217 minCrisis of Empowerment My recent re-reading of Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions in a Top-Down World by Charles Koch (which I highly recommend, by the way)...
-Mar 14, 20218 minPaying for Primary Care - Part 4A look at physician incentives in direct and traditional primary care delivery Direct Primary Care and Cash Fee for Service Until now in...
-Feb 11, 20215 minPaying for Primary Care - Part 3We examine behavior changes associated with the use of insurance and how they drive health care spending even higher. In parts 1 and 2 of...
gregfann0Dec 28, 202017 minThe Tetradic Trumpcare Tally “I think it’s probably the thing that I’m most disappointed…that I haven’t been able to say what a good job we’ve done. I haven’t been...
-Dec 9, 20206 minPaying for Primary Care - Part 2How much more does insurance cost when it covers primary care? We saw in Part 1 of Paying for Primary Care that using insurance to pay...
-Dec 2, 20206 minPaying for Primary Care - Part 1How much can we save by using insurance properly? The unaffordability and poor value of health care and health insurance are top concerns...
-Oct 24, 20209 minBureaucracyIn the year 2000, the now world-renowned economist, Hernando De Soto published a must-read entitled “The Mystery of Capital – Why...
-Sep 2, 20203 minThe Big Lie: Out-of-Network BenefitsI recently happened upon a publication entitled, "In Network vs. Out of Network Care - Fair Health Know Your Source Publications." A...
-Aug 2, 20203 minWhy Challenge Status Quo Thinking?We must be willing to examine the fundamentals of health care in the US. Status quo thinking accepts “the way things are” as the way...
-May 9, 20205 minWelcome to DescantOur aim is to ultimately make the health care system better by challenging status quo thinking, exploring the evidence, and engaging in...
-May 9, 20203 minDirect Primary Care: Good for What Ails ME!What this model is trying to do, and the amazing doctors who are doing it, are inspirational. They give me hope that health care can be...