Healthcare Talk: Links & References

Anticipated sources & data from the talk

The Rand Study: We Are Paying Very High Prices

Private Health Plans Pay Hospitals 247% of What Medicare Would Pay

Source: RAND Corporation. Respected global non-profit policy think tank, been working since the 1950s.

1. Press Release
2. Study
3. NYTimes Breakdown

Market Concentration of Hospitals & Prices

Concentration and Pricing Power: Hospitals versus Insurers

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research. Probably one of the most prestigious economic research organizations in the US. They officially announce recession start/end dates. Here is their page of Nobel Prize Winners.

1. Press Release
2. Working Paper
3. A less academically rigorous article published by NPR/Kaiser Health News (a reliable source, & those of you who work in healthcare know this) talking about the 10 least expensive healthcare markets in the US.
4. Conversely, the 10 most expensive healthcare markets. Guess what? Monopolies can and will extract higher prices.

What Germany Does

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190318.475434/full/

1. Summary
2. A good book on international healthcare systems