Author: blackjettheory

Black Jet Theory – Volume 2020-23 – What’s Up with Chick-fil-A? December 4, 2020 by Marshall Snipes Periodically, we take our grandkids to the local Chick-fil-A restaurant to pick up dinner.  Since the pandemic, only carry-out orders are permissible and, accordingly, we go through the drive-thru lane.  Chick-fil-A is always crowded both before and since the pandemic.  But […]

Black Jet Theory – Volume 2020-22 – Hospital Survival – Are Mergers and/or Acquisitions the Answer.  November 20, 2020 by Marshall Snipes             Earlier this month, Intermountain Healthcare based in Salt Lake City, Utah and Sanford Health based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota announced they have signed a letter of intent to merge the two organizations.[1]  To put […]

On September 29th, the first of four debates between President Donald Trump and challenger former Vice President Joe Biden was held.  We now have a glimpse into where each candidate sees the healthcare debate.  Regardless of who you believe won the first debate or whether you thought the debate was just a shouting match, it is clear […]

Black Jet Theory – Volume 2020-20 – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Healthcare September 25, 2020 by Marshall Snipes             The coronavirus pandemic, the shutdown of the economy and now the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) and the politics of her replacement, have taken center stage in the public discourse running up to the […]

Black Jet Theory – Volume 2020-19 – National Health Expenditures – How Much Air Can the Healthcare Balloon Hold? September 11, 2020 by Marshall Snipes             In December of 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the National Health Expenditures for 2018.  “Total national healthcare spending in 2018 grew 4.6%, which was slower than […]

Black Jet Theory – Volume 2020-18 – Why Healthcare Reform Never Happens. September 4, 2020 by Marshall Snipes             Do you ever wonder why healthcare reform never happens?  We continue to debate, discuss and become frustrated with the “system”.  The Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare was supposed to fix what ailed us.  Then the Supreme Court weighed […]

Black Jet Theory – Volume 2020-17 – China and Healthcare August 28, 2020 by Marshall Snipes Over forty years ago, at the outset of the reforms of the new Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, the China economy was a mere 6% of the United States economy[i]. Having suffered under Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, “Deng started the […]

Black Jet Theory – Volume 2020-16 – Is Medicare For All / Single Payer Inevitable?   August 21, 2020 by Marshall Snipes             The government today provides health insurance to one-third of the insured population through Medicare, Medicaid, and government employee programs.[1]  In addition these government programs pay for 41% of all healthcare costs.[2]  Some would argue that the […]

Black Jet Theory – Volume 2020-15 – What the Heck are Federally Qualified Health Centers and Why They Matter? August 14, 2020 by Marshall Snipes             Medicaid enrollment in the United States was 73.9 million people in 2018 or 17.9% of the population[1] and 14 states had not expanded Medicaid to adults between the ages of 18 […]

Black Jet Theory – Volume 2020-14 – Health Literacy – the Ultimate Acceptance of Responsibility by the Patient and the Provider July 31, 2020 by Marshall Snipes             What is health literacy?  “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Title V, defines health literacy as the degree to which an individual has the capacity to […]