Comments on: RAND Again http://healthblog.ncpa.org/rand-again/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Fri, 25 May 2012 03:28:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Greg Scandlen http://healthblog.ncpa.org/rand-again/comment-page-1/#comment-43094 Greg Scandlen Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:45:00 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3803#comment-43094 Right. I originally headlined this blurb, "That was then, this is now." The RAND Health Insurance Experiment (HIE) took place in 1978-1981, thirty years ago. Today's RAND also authored the paper on Health IT (http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9136/) that is the basis for the claim that $88 billion a year could be saved. This paper looked solely at supportive research and deliberately ignored all of the other research that said just the opposite would occur. Today the organization is about as objective as the Commonwealth Fund. Right. I originally headlined this blurb, “That was then, this is now.” The RAND Health Insurance Experiment (HIE) took place in 1978-1981, thirty years ago.

Today’s RAND also authored the paper on Health IT (http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9136/) that is the basis for the claim that $88 billion a year could be saved. This paper looked solely at supportive research and deliberately ignored all of the other research that said just the opposite would occur.

Today the organization is about as objective as the Commonwealth Fund.

]]> By: Neil H. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/rand-again/comment-page-1/#comment-43092 Neil H. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:32:09 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3803#comment-43092 Previous research by RAND indicates that out-of-pocket spending of 5% to 10% is good. It reduces health care costs without any harm to the patient. Previous research by RAND indicates that out-of-pocket spending of 5% to 10% is good. It reduces health care costs without any harm to the patient.

]]> By: Joe S. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/rand-again/comment-page-1/#comment-43086 Joe S. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:51:09 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3803#comment-43086 Ken, it's the very same organization. Ken, it’s the very same organization.

]]> By: Ken http://healthblog.ncpa.org/rand-again/comment-page-1/#comment-43083 Ken Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:43:41 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3803#comment-43083 What's wrong with RAND. Isn't this the very same outfit that showed years ago that in health care incentives matter? What’s wrong with RAND. Isn’t this the very same outfit that showed years ago that in health care incentives matter?

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