The Keckley Report

“Affordable healthcare” might be the most over-used and confusing term used in public discourse these days. It’s akin to “quality of care” and “access” as phrases that mean something different…

Last week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee wrapped up hearings focused on stabilizing the individual insurance market leaving unresolved an issue that separates Dem’s and Rep’s on…

As I was deplaning from my United flight Friday night, the flight attendant dutifully thanked me and my fellow passengers for choosing United. Only the Tuesday prior, my United flight…

The physician-patient relationship is a bedrock of the U.S. health system. Strong relationships are associated with higher ratings for physicians and better outcomes for patients but there’s a catch. In…

I grew up in the pre-cable TV, social media era when our national and international news came from ABC, NBC or CBS and local from newspapers and radio. We trusted…

Last week, as a nation, we saw the best and worst of ourselves as images from Charlottesville seared our conscience. Casting blame is easy. Solving underlying problems is much harder….

The majority of employers plan to provide health benefits for their employees for the next few years despite forecasts of higher costs and uncertainty about what parts of the Affordable…

To Senator Lamar Alexander, Chairman and Senator Patty Murray Co-Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, United States Senate, Washington DC As you begin your deliberation next month…

In San Diego last week, at the American Hospital Association’s Annual Leadership Summit, attendees were treated to 39 workshops and 5 keynote presentations that all pointed to the same surmise:…

It appears Republican Senators are still trying to resolve their differences about the path forward for their Better Care Reconciliation Act: some think it doesn’t go far enough in repealing…