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Stanley Goldfarb, MD is a Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of Curriculum at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

The Wrong Way to Attack Gingrich

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on November 30th, 2011 at 5:11 pm

The American Spectator has decided to attack Newt Gingrich’s position on healthcare because he once praised the work of Dr. Donald Berwick’s Institute for Healthcare Improvement. I must say, as someone who has pretty consistently thought that Obamacare was a terrible way to go about reforming our healthcare system, that the criticism by David Catron is ridiculous.
It more

21 Comments Topics: 2012 campaign, Dr. Donald Berwick, healthcare, Newt Gingrich

Obamacare is Unraveling

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on October 18th, 2011 at 1:10 pm

Writing in The New Republic, Jonathon Cohn argues that the demise of the CLASS act in no way undermines the validity of the Affordable Care Act (surely a misnomer now). Unfortunately, his argument falls under the rubric of sophistry rather than analysis. CLASS, or the long term care component of Obamacare (even the President likes the more

35 Comments Topics: CLASS Act, Jonathan Cohn, Obamacare

Worry About Costs, Not Mandates

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on October 11th, 2011 at 6:05 pm

Revelatory Headline: “White House used Mitt Romney health-care law as blueprint for federal law.”
I am no fan of Obamacare. The notion that a top down system will control costs flies in the face of the fact that virtually every advanced country on earth that has a top-down scheme to manage its health care system has more

29 Comments Topics: individual mandate, Mitt Romney, Obamacare, Romneycare

What’s to Blame for Healthcare Costs? Doing Nothing.

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on September 28th, 2011 at 8:00 am

The Associated Press reports that a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that health insurance premiums rose last year by 9%. Let’s try to affix blame by looking at some of the common arguments that try to explain this. more

46 Comments Topics: elderly, healthcare, Obamacare, uninsured

Medicare Fix Must Include Means-Testing

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on May 25th, 2011 at 12:56 am

Anyone who is honestly contemplating Medicare’s future must admit that controlling costs means some level of means-testing. more

32 Comments Topics: entitlements, means testing, Medicare

More Businesses Opting Out of Obamacare

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on May 18th, 2011 at 11:06 am

More and more businesses are having to face up to Obamacare’s fundamental flaw. To paraphrase Jimmy McMillan: the cost is too damn high. more

33 Comments Topics: health care reform, insurance, Medicare

GOP Cost-Cutting Takes Aim at Medicaid

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on May 10th, 2011 at 7:00 am

While the GOP has taken a lot of heat for the Ryan plan’s Medicare cost-cutting proposals, switching their focus to Medicaid isn’t the right response. more

54 Comments Topics: Medicaid, Medicare, Ryan budget, Social Security

A Health Care Race the U.S. Shouldn’t Win

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on April 30th, 2011 at 11:20 am

A new study claims that U.S. health spending is rising faster than in other countries. But will it spur Washington to finally start curbing costs? more

12 Comments Topics: entitlements, health care, health reform

What Medicare’s Boss Can Learn from Ryan

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on April 26th, 2011 at 12:23 pm

Yesterday, Medicare’s head Dr. Don Berwick labeled Paul Ryan the real “rationer-in-chief.” Berwick though may want to pay closer attention to part of the Ryan plan. more

11 Comments Topics: Don Berwick, health costs, health reform, Medicare, Paul Ryan

The Health Cost Fix Obama Won’t Accept

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on April 21st, 2011 at 7:31 am

There are new questions about Obamacare’s preferred cost control mechanisms. Yet, one possible solution for the president’s health cost worries is still off the table. more

20 Comments Topics: health care, health costs, health reform, Obama, Obamacare

Obama Doubles Down on Price Controls

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on April 14th, 2011 at 7:31 am

President Obama has outlined a set of proposals for reducing the cost of Medicare. But more price controls and panels won’t get the job done. more

16 Comments Topics: doc fix, entitlements, health care reform, health costs, Medicare

How Do Americans Rate Their Healthcare?

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on April 13th, 2011 at 7:52 am

Obamacare’s backers are trumpeting a study suggesting Americans are unsatisfied with health care quality. But a close look, makes it harder to draw this conclusion. more

18 Comments Topics: healthcare, healthcare reform, Obamacare

To Reform Medicare We Have to Reform Medicine

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on April 4th, 2011 at 5:16 pm

Medicare is bankrupting America and even Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare insurance reform plans won’t be enough to save it. more

37 Comments Topics: health care, health reform, Medicare, Paul Ryan

Obamacare: One Year Later

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on March 24th, 2011 at 1:33 pm

Wednesday marked the first anniversary of the health reform bill. But in this past year there’s been no progress on addressing the real crisis: high health costs. more

34 Comments Topics: health reform, healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare

The Wrong CEO for Medicare

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on March 4th, 2011 at 1:50 pm

Obama’s nominee to head Medicare, Dr. Donald Berwick, is a respected academic physician. But can he turn around an agency with a $500 billion budget? more

8 Comments Topics: health reform, healthcare, Medicare

Obama’s Mandate Waiver Trick

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on March 1st, 2011 at 12:23 pm

Obama’s new proposal would grant waivers to states to create their own health plans. But the economics of healthcare may set the states up for failure. more

23 Comments Topics: health costs, healthcare, insurance, mandate, Obama

GOP Grills Obama’s Medicare Chief

Stanley Goldfarb wrote on February 11th, 2011 at 7:49 am

Thursday, when questioning Medicare head Dr. Donald Berwick, the GOP may have missed an opportunity to hit at Obamacare’s real flaw: no cost controls. more