Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research News (PDF) is great for those of us without the time or train fare to attend all their briefings and symposia. The new (winter) issue includes a summary of health industry management prof David Dranove's December take on what presidential candidates aren't saying about cost containment, entitlement, and the role of technology.
I'm a sucker for people who are well enough informed to take a good whack at both sides. Here's DD on "the darling of Republican Party candidates," consumer-directed health plans. He says they're unlikely to have any impact because they target healthy well-educated individuals.
As for entitlements: "No one is promising a $300,000 house to homeless families. But many candidates are promising equal access to the world's most expensive and advanced healthcare system." That either means a big bill to pay, or a rationing system.
If you're a person of leisure, you can skip the newsletter and see the presenters' PowerPoint slides or watch a video of the event itself (46:45) -- and tell us about 'em in the comments.
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I volunteer from time to time at a set of free-clinics on the South Side which have seen a serious decline in business since Target moved into the neighborhood, and started offering $4 prescriptions.
Professor Dranove is one of the smartest guys I have ever met, but I am not convinced that delivering health care at an affordable rate is soley of benefit to the middle class +.
But of course the City just booted Wal-Mart from Chatham...to assist the poor, I suppose.
JBP
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