Author Archive for Jim Mahon

Many Children Lack Health Insurance

Many children don’t have health insurance, even if their parents do, according to a new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. This phenomenon — uninsured children with at least one insured parent — is particularly prevalent in low-income and middle-income families.

Where is healthcare broken?

By Jim Mahon, PhD The incoming administration has plans to fix our healthcare system. It is important to keep patient experience and satisfaction as a factor in this re-invention of the system. Surely, getting increased access to those who now have little or no health insurance is paramount. But along the way, we want to [...]

National Credit Crunch Hits Hospitals

The double-whammy of tight credit and falling value in investment portfolios due to recent turmoil in the stock market has turned investment gains to losses, further worsening hospitals’ financial condition.

IRS Investigating Level of Support for Non-Profit Tax Status

IRS Investigating Level of Support for Non-Profit Tax Status

Using a bully club of IRS threats to withdraw tax benefits to struggling hospitals just seems to me to be the wrong way to achieve anything positive.