CNBC interview this morning
20 April
Carl Quintanilla interviewed Former Vermont Governor and DNC Howard Dean and me on CNBC this morning.
We debated health care reform.
You can see for yourself.
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Nice interview Keith. I completely disagree with Howard Dean on efficiency of Medicaid and Medicare. This WSJ Opinion by Marc Siegel: When Docs Opt Out, tends to disprove assertions that government programs are efficient. Ultimately health insurance should lead to health care. While government may or may not have trouble saying no, health care providers can ultimately say no by opting out of an inefficient system by opting out.
Keith,
Interesting interview. Curious if in a future post you could refute Governor Dean’s assertions in that interview. Frankly I don’t believe a word he says but would like to read your critique of his statements.
I wish you had challenged Dean on what he said about the efficiency of Medicare. Medicare is not less expensive due to any efficiency. If anything its less efficient.
The hospital reimbursement for Medicare is just SO MUCH LESS THAN private insurance. Take a look at Healthcare Trends in America: A Reference Guide from BCBSA (2009 Edition) and on page 26 you will see that Medicare reimburses hosptials on average 91% of the cost of care whereas private payers reimburse 132%.
Howard, please quit lying to America taking advantage of those who know nothing about healthcare finance.