President Trump made headlines last week
suggesting
hospital rates should be transparent.
By coincidence
,
CRI Board member Stacie Beck made that recommendation
months ago in a January edition of Data Delaware!
If you recall
,
the State of Delaware spends something around a billion dollars a year on healthcare.
Plus those costs are growing at (an estimated) 7% annually.
It’s the biggest item in the Budget.
Clearly the situation is unsustainable
…..
Stacie Beck is a University of Delaware Associate Professor of Economics.
To read her response to the President’s comments,
To review her original healthcare position paper,