http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/liberating-the-supply-side/ Insights on Health Care Reform | NCPA Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:22:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/liberating-the-supply-side/comment-page-1/#comment-18542 Marti Settle Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:29:48 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/liberating-the-supply-side/#comment-18542 Cheers to you to John. In 17 more months I will be enjoying the benefits of medicare. Or, will I? What do you think? Will the price of my meds be so high that they will swallow my entire social security check? Cheers to you to John. In 17 more months I will be enjoying the benefits of medicare. Or, will I? What do you think? Will the price of my meds be so high that they will swallow my entire social security check?

]]> http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/liberating-the-supply-side/comment-page-1/#comment-18425 Allan Wald Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:00:10 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/liberating-the-supply-side/#comment-18425 Agreeing with the "Goodman law" I can't help but wonder if the stronger underlying cause of this reduction of drug price inflation might be more a result of a lack of new important drugs [high cost] that have no equivalent generic or other branded competitor and that is resulting in the reduction of drug price inflation. Agreeing with the “Goodman law” I can’t help but wonder if the stronger underlying cause of this reduction of drug price inflation might be more a result of a lack of new important drugs [high cost] that have no equivalent generic or other branded competitor and that is resulting in the reduction of drug price inflation.

]]> http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/liberating-the-supply-side/comment-page-1/#comment-18424 Betsey Urschel Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:55:11 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/liberating-the-supply-side/#comment-18424 You are the greatest!! I will pass this on to my M.D. friends. You are the greatest!! I will pass this on to my M.D. friends.

]]> http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/liberating-the-supply-side/comment-page-1/#comment-18325 Pat King Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:23:52 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/liberating-the-supply-side/#comment-18325 Certainly a person spending his/her own dollars would be much more vigilant than a person spending Other People's Money. But for hospital care, where the big bucks are, nobody but the rich (or the indigent) can afford to be uninsured. Have insurance companies ever experimented with rebates to reward consumers whose heart surgery, for instance, comes in under the average cost? Certainly a person spending his/her own dollars would be much more vigilant than a person spending Other People’s Money. But for hospital care, where the big bucks are, nobody but the rich (or the indigent) can afford to be uninsured. Have insurance companies ever experimented with rebates to reward consumers whose heart surgery, for instance, comes in under the average cost?

]]> http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/liberating-the-supply-side/comment-page-1/#comment-18315 Bob Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:09:45 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/liberating-the-supply-side/#comment-18315 Your dream was exactly what I was referring to when I saw you last week. If we can take responsibility for our own silos, and not operate in a vacuum, we can accomplish great things, using the free market and the backbone of the system. Your dream was exactly what I was referring to when I saw you last week. If we can take responsibility for our own silos, and not operate in a vacuum, we can accomplish great things, using the free market and the backbone of the system.

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