Comments on: Incentives Matter http://healthblog.ncpa.org/incentives-matter/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Thu, 24 May 2012 12:46:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bart http://healthblog.ncpa.org/incentives-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-43151 Bart Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:25:55 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3842#comment-43151 The same concept should apply to incentives for purchase of insurance. Just as lack of co-insurance encourages over-consumption of services, full reimbursement for premiums would encourage careless consumption of insurance products. The same concept should apply to incentives for purchase of insurance. Just as lack of co-insurance encourages over-consumption of services, full reimbursement for premiums would encourage careless consumption of insurance products.

]]> By: John R. Graham http://healthblog.ncpa.org/incentives-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-43142 John R. Graham Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:30:55 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3842#comment-43142 This kind of research is dangerous in the wrong hands. To say that Medicare Part D should willy-nilly adopt the practices of Caterpillar ignores the key variable that is held fixed in the study - namely, Caterpillar! There are all sorts of Caterpillar-specific cultural practices that we outsiders cannot observe that also contribute to outcomes. The last thing we need is for CMS to dictate a $0 co-pay for generic statins and $35 for brand-name statins across the board. The most dangerous thing in American health care is Barack Obama carrying a copy of the Dartmouth Atlas. This kind of research is dangerous in the wrong hands. To say that Medicare Part D should willy-nilly adopt the practices of Caterpillar ignores the key variable that is held fixed in the study – namely, Caterpillar! There are all sorts of Caterpillar-specific cultural practices that we outsiders cannot observe that also contribute to outcomes. The last thing we need is for CMS to dictate a $0 co-pay for generic statins and $35 for brand-name statins across the board.

The most dangerous thing in American health care is Barack Obama carrying a copy of the Dartmouth Atlas.

]]> By: Joe S. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/incentives-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-43139 Joe S. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:41:34 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3842#comment-43139 Why do we have to keep publishing papers and producing studies that confirm over and over again what the RAND Corporation established 30 years ago --incentives matter in health care? Why do we have to keep publishing papers and producing studies that confirm over and over again what the RAND Corporation established 30 years ago –incentives matter in health care?

]]> By: Ken http://healthblog.ncpa.org/incentives-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-43136 Ken Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:23:09 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3842#comment-43136 This is the most important issue in health economics. Are we, or are we not, going to allow individuals to have good economic incentives with respect to the purchase of health care? This is the most important issue in health economics. Are we, or are we not, going to allow individuals to have good economic incentives with respect to the purchase of health care?

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