Christopher Casscells, MD, Stacie Beck, PhD, and John Toedtman

We commend Representative Valerie Longhurst's efforts to rein in hospital costs in Delaware. However, the creation of a "Hospital Review Board" in Substitute 1 for House Bill 350 will not succeed. The fundamental problem of high hospital costs in Delaware is due to a lack of competition. NOTE: Hospital costs are clearly the largest component of healthcare costs in Delaware, and they have been currently and historically excessive in comparison to those nationally and in nearby states...

Tragic Incentives and Transgender Medical Care By  Stacie Beck, Ph.D. ,  Associate Professor of Economics and   C.D. Casscells, M.D. Center for Health Policy at the Caesar Rodney Institute October 20, 2023     The 2011 burst in transgender medical treatments came shortly after the passage of the Affordable Care Act. This accelerated after passage of a non-discrimination federal Health and Human Services regulation on private insurance in 2016. The US experienced a dramatic increase in...

ChristianaCare & Crozer Health Fall Out Explained By Dr. Christopher Casscells, M.D. Center for Health Policy at the Caesar Rodney Institute August 30, 2022     The second week of August 2022, the planned take-over of the Crozer Health (four hospitals in Delaware County, PA) by ChristianaCare (three hospitals, outpatient & other services in Delaware and Maryland) fell apart. The News Journal asked what happened, but nobody is talking. Other media sources vaguely referenced financial issues. ...