Episode 012: Why is Health Insurance so Expensive? An interview with Dr. Keith Smith of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma.
Episode 012: Why is Health Insurance so Expensive? An interview with Dr. Keith Smith of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma.
Why is health insurance so expensive? Why have premiums accelerated under the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) even more than they were before? Even with the increased guaranteed coverage requirements, the price increases on premiums has outstripped those variables even more than you would expect.
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Surgery Center of Oklahoma: Dr. Smith's free market, no third party payor surgical center website. At this site, you can follow Dr. Smith's blog or find a surgery and price it in seconds.
Free Market Medical Alliance: An organization for those advocating a different approach to delivering medical services. A great way to link with other providers or centers and a way to find people practicing medicine in alternative ways.
Where is all the medicine?: A discussion with Dr. Marion Mass about the Group Purchasing Organizations and how they drive up the price of medicine and cause drug shortages.
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