Healthcare in a Minute

By George W. Chapman Recently signed as law, the Right to Try legislation allows patients with life threatening conditions to “request” medicines that have

By George W. Chapman The lead article in the current AARP Bulletin explains Medicare fraud. Last year, Medicare spent $591 billion on claims. Medicare

Physicians Rated: Patients Give Their Doctors 4 Out of 5 Stars By George W. Chapman The online ratings site “Healthgrades” and the Medical Group

Survey Shows Toughest Healthcare Jobs to Fill By George W. Chapman Of the top 10 hardest jobs to fill in the U.S., half are

Buffet, Bezos to Get Into the Health Insurance Business By George W. Chapman Warren Buffett, CEO and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, has long purported

By George W. Chapman Hospital Ratings CMS has released its 2017 star ratings for US hospitals. CMS is constantly tweaking the rankings to make

By George W. Chapman Insurance Market Dominance Critics of the Affordable Care Act have been quick to point out that insurance choices on the

By George W. Chapman ACA in Flux Again The Graham-Cassidy bill was last attempt by the Senate to repeal and replace the ACA and

By George W. Chapman Hospitals Fail to Meet Expectations A report published by Kaufman, Hall and Associates revealed only 8 percent of 125 healthcare

By George W. Chapman ACA Update It’s hard to report on the fate of this bill on a monthly basis because things are so