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Partners’ pig-in-a-poke

November 16, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

You might think that if you pay the premium for the fancy downtown hospitals (under Partners HealthCare) that you'd be getting the tip-top quality you and your insurer are paying for. You'd be wrong about that. Finally, in a major … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, massachusetts, partners, quality

Charlie Baker doesn’t know why costs are going up.

April 22, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

... and if he doesn't know, who the hell does?... I realized, once again, how hard it is for anyone to get a real handle on health care costs if there's LITTLE OR NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ANYWHERE.... We need more information.  We need … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bigby, charlie-baker, health-care, massachusetts, quality

Quality: We don’t have it here.

April 20, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

Matthew Holt does the definitive takedown of the health care jingoists that I'm too lazy to make myself: But there is a much simpler way to get the free marketeers off the topic. It's been known for a while that the U.S. is not as good at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, massachusetts, quality

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