Drew Altman

This is a slow but perceptible fraying of our employment-based system, ... what I call the drip, drip, drip (of read more

This is a slow but perceptible fraying of our employment-based system, ... what I call the drip, drip, drip (of health coverage).

The positive drum beat has caught up with the negative one. But on an individual basis, most seniors still can't read more

The positive drum beat has caught up with the negative one. But on an individual basis, most seniors still can't answer the big question: 'What does it mean for me?

It is low-wage workers who are being hurt the most by the steady drip, drip, drip of coverage draining out read more

It is low-wage workers who are being hurt the most by the steady drip, drip, drip of coverage draining out of the employer-based health insurance system.

It is low-wage workers who are being hurt the most by the steady drip, drip, drip of coverage draining out read more

It is low-wage workers who are being hurt the most by the steady drip, drip, drip of coverage draining out of the employer-based health insurance system,

The point is that when they talk about quality of health care, patients mean something entirely different than experts do. read more

The point is that when they talk about quality of health care, patients mean something entirely different than experts do. They're not talking about numbers or outcomes but about their own human experience, which is a combination of cost, paperwork and what I'll call the hassle factor, the impersonal nature of the care.