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In the report we see that the federal government spends $877.5 billion annually on these benefits and services. And let us note that this spending does not include Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance, or Affordable Care Act subsidies. However, the $877.5 billion does include $467.8 billion spent on health care for the poor in programs

P.J. O'Rourke • A Cry from the Far Middle: Dispatches from a Divided Land

For Blood and Money: Billionaires, Biotech, and the Quest for a Blockbuster Drug

Nathan Vardi

We instituted full health and dental insurance back in the 1960s when it was cheap. When I left, we were paying about $6,000 per employee per year! Why? If the employees are stressed by medical bills, they may steal. That’s one good reason for Trader Joe’s generous health and dental plans. On the other hand, we were cheap, cheap, cheap on life insu

Patty Civalleri • Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys

In their effort to become more like banks, businesses cannibalized themselves, liquidating any divisions that were on the ground actually creating value.

Douglas Rushkoff • Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires

As an example, take One Medical (also see previous Caseload coverage). They operate partially under a capitated model: while they bill for individual services, they also receive a fixed ‘per member per month’ payment from partner health plans, as well as an annual subscription payment from individual patients. Together, these revenue streams insula... See more

Steve Hardgrove • Will the destruction be creative?

the issue isn’t merely a matter of financing. It arises from a still unresolved argument about what the function of medicine really is—what, in other words, we should and should not be paying for doctors to

Atul Gawande • Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

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from David M. Lawrence, former chairman and CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals:

Rishi Manchanda • The Upstream Doctors: Medical Innovators Track Sickness to Its Source (Kindle Single) (TED Books)

FarmboxRx founder Ashley Tyrner, 39, sees healthy food as a form of health care. In 2014, she launched Farmbox Direct, which shipped boxes of fresh food anywhere in the U.S. In 2019, she pivoted to focus on the health care market, partnering with Medicare Advantage and private health insurance plans to offer produce boxes as a benefit to members, a... See more