Attention Economy


Monday, October 10, 2022

High Cost of US Healthcare - Bad Incentives and Poorly Designed Policies

How a Hospital Chain Used a Poor Neighborhood to Turn Huge Profits.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/health/bon-secours-mercy-health-profit-poor-neighborhood.html
The secret to its success lies with a federal program that allows clinics in impoverished neighborhoods to buy prescription drugs at steep discounts, charge insurers full price and pocket the difference.

‘The Cash Monster Was Insatiable’: Insurers Made Billions from Medicare
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/upshot/medicare-advantage-fraud-allegations.html