We've just learned of the passing of Dr Uwe Reinhardt earlier today. His was a voice of reason and thoughtfulness, and he had a unique talent for making complex health care policy understandable.
We first noted the great work of Dr Reinhardt in this post by co-blogger Bob back in 2009:
"The insurance industry is congenitally weak in bargaining with supply side of the American health sector,” explained Princeton University health economist Uwe Reinhardt on a recent NPR Money Planet segment. Reinhardt believes that insurers largely dance to the fiscal tune whistled by hospitals and physicians."
A little over a year later, co-blogger Mike quoted another great example of Dr Reinhardt's insight:
"Thus, after blushing over miserly fee updates, taxpayers might go on to ask physicians why an average annual compound increase of 5.4 percent in spending per Medicare beneficiary was not enough to give the nation’s elderly good medical care."
Ouch.
He will be missed.
We first noted the great work of Dr Reinhardt in this post by co-blogger Bob back in 2009:
"The insurance industry is congenitally weak in bargaining with supply side of the American health sector,” explained Princeton University health economist Uwe Reinhardt on a recent NPR Money Planet segment. Reinhardt believes that insurers largely dance to the fiscal tune whistled by hospitals and physicians."
A little over a year later, co-blogger Mike quoted another great example of Dr Reinhardt's insight:
"Thus, after blushing over miserly fee updates, taxpayers might go on to ask physicians why an average annual compound increase of 5.4 percent in spending per Medicare beneficiary was not enough to give the nation’s elderly good medical care."
Ouch.
He will be missed.
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