Rerun: Happy 3rd birthday to the Health Business Blog

The Health Business Blog is on vacation this week and re-running some classic posts. This one is from March 2008, the third birthday of the Health Business Blog. —– The Health Business Blog is three years old, with close to 1700 posts and counting. For the first and second birthdays I picked out my favorite post by month, and I’m continuing that tradition today. March 2007: Eye-popping generic pricing disparities Retail prices for a 30 day supply of generic Zocor (simvastatin) ranged from $6.97 at Sam’s Club to $131.99 at Rite Aid. Can you imagine seeing price differentials like that for any other product? It would be interesting to see how things look a year later, now that Wal-Mart has made people aware of the possibility of $4 generics. April 2007: Understanding the appeal of Mini-Meds I’ve never been enthusiastic about mini-med plans –health plans that typically cap reimbursement at $25,000 to $50,000 per year. In some ways they are the opposite of insurance because they pay for routine expenses but not catastrophic ones. However I have to admit there is another side to the story, and I’ve come to understand the plans’ appeal to those who can’t afford traditional coverage. May 2007: How to kill the US economy in two simple steps I’m in favor of a liberal immigration policy on moral grounds. There’s also a strong economic argument for immigration: immigrants fill important positions in health care and other sectors of the economy (think ...
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