Jared Rhoads

If your policy idea sounds nice in the abstract but doesn't take into account implementation challenges, second-order effects, or the possibility of unintended consequences, then it's actually a bad idea. Even more so if it violates individual rights.

A doctor that can't or won't help you take cost into consideration (or can't/won't delegate that to a knowledgeable billing specialist, financial counselor, etc.) is a lousy doctor.

It's a thrill to have experts such as @josharchambault speak to our Summer Fellows in Health Policy! Topic: what it's like to make and advocate for policy in the real world.

One of the best ways to level up your game in health policy is to learn about inferential methods. Even if you don't plan to do research yourself, it is hugely helpful to learn how to critically read and understand the methods behind the research that gets published.

Health savings accounts (HSAs) are a powerful idea; I'm not against them. But current rules limit the good they can do. We should either free them up or develop alternative approaches to empowering people to be price-conscious consumers of care.

I do the music at my kids' hockey games, and my go-to track for warmups is Ozzy's No More Tears (first two minutes). After the zamboni leaves the ice and the refs are closing the doors, when you estimate there's 10 seconds before the kids go over the boards, hit play AND TURN IT…

"You can buy spa water anywhere in the world; truth is harder to come by"

It's an important part of policy education to come to grips with the fact that well-intended policies can make things worse.

The origins of Medicare and Medicaid. The role of the mind in medicine. Pros and cons of various payment models. The importance of prices. Central planning. Just a hint of the many topics our Summer Fellows have delved into today! #healthpolicy

Employers shouldn't be involved in picking your health plan. Let's make the tax code changes necessary to untie health insurance from our jobs.

The issue of overdiagnosis is partly a science problem (how much to screen; how to know what's clinically important) and partly a policy problem (how much care to seek; how many dollars to devote to it). Technological progress will help us with the former. Markets could help us…

AI assistant pop-ups and feature tours are the Kenny Bania of software nowadays.

Healthcare businesses and medical practices: there's still time to sponsor our upcoming Summer Fellowship in Health Policy! Gold, Silver, and Bronze levels available. Reach out to learn more. centerformodernhealth.org/support.php

I like to tell my students that the only real prices you'll ever see in a hospital are in the cafeteria and the gift shop.

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Both "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" (Sagan) and "Free to Choose: A Personal Statement" (Friedman) premiered on PBS in 1980. What was going right back then? Here's a lighthearted Grok.

If you like bioethics and aren't opposed to contemplating so-called late stage capitalism, I recommend the Black Mirror episode "Common People" (S7:E1). Packs a lot into a mere 56 mins.

"I don't want to perish like a fading horse" 🤔 I still wonder if that lyric was some idiom that got lost in translation. youtu.be/oNjQXmoxiQ8?si…

The tax preference for employer health plans inflates costs, weakens portability, and hides true prices (e.g., because it makes more sense for workers to obtain coverage through their employers for tax reasons, many workers don't realize that the expense comes out of their total…