Category Archives: Health Care

How taxing is it?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by David Schwerin

  “Heredity and environment play a role, but what really makes you what you are is Tax Policy!” This whimsical wisdom was offered in a comic in the March 18th issue of Barron’s Financial Weekly newspaper. Tax policy has long … Continue reading →

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Old Problems Need New Thinking

Posted on January 9, 2013 by David Schwerin

Over the past 18 months, Wide Angle Thinking has addressed a number of critical problems. The subjects included: pollution and global warming, terrorism and war, debt and deficits and health and health care. We also discussed a number of specific … Continue reading →

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Update on Health Care

Posted on November 17, 2011 by David Schwerin

A recent study from the Optum Institute for Sustainable Health determined that patients don’t know enough about health care to make good decisions about purchasing it. Electronic health records can be an important part of the solution. As we find more … Continue reading →

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Medicare Two: We’re All Being Tested

Posted on November 3, 2011 by David Schwerin

Our previous post demonstrated a number of Medicare’s most significant design flaws: fees for service rather than for success, open-ended health care subsidies and a system that fosters unconstrained spending. These flaws are at the heart of the system; the … Continue reading →

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Medicare: Good Intentions – Dreadful Design

Posted on October 20, 2011 by David Schwerin

News headlines repeatedly remind us that Medicare, the federal medical insurance program established in 1965 for those over 65, is burdened by rampant waste, fraud and abuse and is financially unsustainable. Payroll taxes that are suppose to fund Medicare are … Continue reading →

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