# hospital prices (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover hospital prices. Page: Feed: --- ## [More expensive, no better outcomes](https://gooznews.substack.com/p/more-expensive-no-better-outcomes) _2026-08-19 · Merrill Goozner · GoozNews_ Declining Medicare reimbursement for traditional cataract surgery is incentivizing ophthalmologists to use pricey procedure at patient expense. ## [The PPO Is Dying. Mike Patton Is Still Screaming. Winter Is Coming.](https://gottwals.substack.com/p/the-ppo-is-dying-mike-patton-is-still) _2026-08-17 · Craig Gottwals · Gott's Gulch - Craig’s Substack_ An update involving hospital profit pools, reference-based pricing, 33 years of friendship, and the music that reminds me why I keep fighting. ## [Hospital jobs engine grinds to a halt](https://gooznews.substack.com/p/hospital-jobs-engine-grinds-to-a) _2026-08-07 · Merrill Goozner · GoozNews_ Indiscriminate cuts to the health care sector could send the economy into recession early next year. ## [Health care headed for a financing crisis](https://gooznews.substack.com/p/health-care-headed-for-a-financing) _2026-08-03 · Merrill Goozner · GoozNews_ Uncompensated care for the uninsured is skyrocketing ahead of major cuts in federal funding, setting the stage for a major spike in insurance premiums for the privately insured. ## [Dispatches from the War on Science](https://gooznews.substack.com/p/dispatches-from-the-war-on-science) _2026-07-29 · Merrill Goozner · GoozNews_ GOP Sen. Rand Paul's obsession with Fauci and the Covid lab leak theory provides covers for the Trump regime's attack on legitimate research ## [Compounding the problem](https://gooznews.substack.com/p/compounding-the-problem) _2026-07-24 · Merrill Goozner · GoozNews_ The FDA staff says compounding pharmacies shouldn't be allowed to produce untested peptides. RFK Jr.'s stacked FDA advisory committee thinks otherwise. ## [Searching for scapegoats](https://gooznews.substack.com/p/searching-for-scapegoats) _2026-07-17 · Merrill Goozner · GoozNews_ Republicans want to blame Canada for the wildfires polluting the air and killing people in both countries. If they want a culprit, they should look in a mirror. ## [Trump regime's Lysenkoism draws pushback](https://gooznews.substack.com/p/trump-regimes-lysenkoism-draws-pushback) _2026-07-09 · Merrill Goozner · GoozNews_ OMB's proposed rule putting political appointees in charge of all government science grants has already drawn more than 98,000 comments -- almost all negative, including from Big Pharma and Biotech. ## [Whitewashing history](https://gooznews.substack.com/p/whitewashing-history) _2026-07-08 · Merrill Goozner · GoozNews_ The White House report attacking the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History seeks to enforce Napoleon's maxim: History is written by the winners. ## [PBM Suit: Spread Pricing on Steroids, Engineered Retroactively](https://gottwals.substack.com/p/pbm-suit-spread-pricing-on-steroids) _2026-07-07 · Craig Gottwals · Gott's Gulch - Craig’s Substack_ How Pharmacy Benefit Managers Siphon Millions From Safety Net Hospitals ## [Code Faster with Clear Tutorials (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/oMeAiLXAoSK4) _2026-07-07 · **Sponsored**_ Short, step-by-step coding videos you can follow along ## [Working Inside the Box](https://gottwals.substack.com/p/working-inside-the-box) _2026-07-02 · Craig Gottwals · Gott's Gulch - Craig’s Substack_ Embracing the Limits That Finally Fix Large Group Healthcare ## [The onrushing uninsurance crisis](https://gooznews.substack.com/p/the-onrushing-uninsurance-crisis) _2026-06-29 · Merrill Goozner · GoozNews_ The uninsured rate likely to soar to 11% this year. Skyrocketing private premiums are sure to follow. ## [Social movements' role in change](https://gooznews.substack.com/p/social-movements-role-in-change) _2026-06-25 · Merrill Goozner · GoozNews_ We need a movement with a Four Freedoms-style agenda for the 21st century. ## [No More Tears & the Annihilation of the Medical Ethos](https://gottwals.substack.com/p/no-more-tears-and-the-annihilation) _2026-06-18 · Craig Gottwals · Gott's Gulch - Craig’s Substack_ How Big Pharma and Wall Street Looted American Healthcare ## [The Hospital Monopoly Extortion Playbook](https://gottwals.substack.com/p/the-hospital-monopoly-extortion-playbook) _2026-06-16 · Craig Gottwals · Gott's Gulch - Craig’s Substack_ Exposing the exact mechanisms hospital systems use to block fair pricing and crush local competition. ## [Big Pharma’s Legal Playbook Against International Sourcing and What It Means for Self-Funded Plans](https://gottwals.substack.com/p/big-pharmas-legal-playbook-against) _2026-06-09 · Craig Gottwals · Gott's Gulch - Craig’s Substack_ Gilead’s trademark theory is real, but so are its limits. ## [Hospital Prices Are the Problem. Everyone Knows It. Few Will Say It.](https://gottwals.substack.com/p/hospital-prices-are-the-problem-everyone) _2026-06-03 · Craig Gottwals · Gott's Gulch - Craig’s Substack_ America’s Health Insurance Plans, the “AHIP,” of all people, just published a roundup of expert opinion pointing the finger directly at hospital prices as the root cause of the healthcare affordability crisis. ## [Decapitating the Carrier Network](https://gottwals.substack.com/p/decapitating-the-carrier-network) _2026-05-19 · Craig Gottwals · Gott's Gulch - Craig’s Substack_ How Indiana Built the Ultimate Reference-Based Pricing Safe Harbor. ## [Nasty Surprises Riddle The No Surprises Act](https://gottwals.substack.com/p/nasty-surprises-riddle-the-no-surprises) _2026-05-04 · Craig Gottwals · Gott's Gulch - Craig’s Substack_ How a $20,000 Breast Reduction Surgery Extracts $440,000 from the Government-Healthcare Industrial Complex ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ACmFcbwkMOcb) _2026-05-04 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [Reference-Based Pricing Is a Leadership Decision, Not a Plan Design](https://gottwals.substack.com/p/reference-based-pricing-is-a-leadership) _2026-04-20 · Craig Gottwals · Gott's Gulch - Craig’s Substack_ The savings are real. So is what happens when leadership flinches.