The Costs of Being a Patient and a Doctor
By Jane Liu The cold ultrasound probe pressed uncomfortably onto my abdomen. “It looks like an ovarian cyst,” the pleasant technician told me, “But of...
28 October, 2013
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The Simpler Costs
By Olivier Van Houtte In March of last year I began and quickly ended a cycling career. In my first race of the weekend...
21 October, 2013
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The Wisdom of the Crowd: Finding the Most Promising Innovations to Teach Value
By Vineet Arora, MD MAPP, Chris Moriates, MD, Andy Levy, MD, and Neel Shah MD MPP Earlier this year, we launched the Teaching Value and...
16 October, 2013
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Stories From the Heart
By Stephanie Schneiderman I’ve spent this summer with Costs of Care looking for stories about the heart – literally and metaphorically. I read through...
14 October, 2013
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The “Top 10” ways to Prevent Healthcare Financial Disaster
By Gabe Sullivan Health costs are one of the greatest financial burdens our country faces today and will continue to face in the coming...
07 October, 2013
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Reflections from Liberia: Considering Costs of Care Should Be a Problem For More Than Just the Poor
By John Ly, MD “Will you charge me?” he asked quietly, between labored breaths. He sat in the hospital bed with his legs over...
30 September, 2013
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The Four Seasons would be cheaper and the food’s better!!
By Robert Dickman, M.D. Imagine my surprise when I learned of my patient’s recent hospitalization at a major medical center in Boston. She was...
23 September, 2013
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The Medicare Social Club
By Henry Kimmel, Psy.D. Days from her 80th birthday, “Nancy” (not her real name) is doing well. She’s active, exercises, drives, travels, and lives...
16 September, 2013
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Announcement: 2013 Essay Contest Launched!
The policymakers we have tasked with improving our healthcare system mean well but have limited optics. I don’t blame them. Capitol Hill is...
09 September, 2013
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