Expensive and Short Lives: US Policy Failures and Opportunities in End-of-Life Care
By Wylie Butler, Capstone Healthcare analyst In 2021, the life expectancy at birth in the US decreased for the second consecutive year due largely to the COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid crisis. Despite per capita healthcare spending roughly twice that of other...
The Inevitable Decoupling of Medicare Advantage and Medicare
By Grace Totman, Capstone healthcare analyst March 1, 2023 – Nearly half of all seniors are now enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA), the private alternative to traditional Medicare. MA attempts to both reduce costs and improve healthcare by paying private...
The Edge of the Cliff: Why the Potential Fiscal Crisis Will Drive Healthcare Policy
Fiscal Cliffs to Drive Congressional Healthcare Policy as Hospitals, Home Health, and Physicians All Face Looming Cuts By Wylie Butler, Grace Totman, Max Reale, and Maddie Berry Click Here to Download January 7, 2023 Capstone believes Congressional healthcare policy...
Plasma’s Promise: America’s Liquid Gold
By: Grace Totman May 23, 2022 — Earlier this year, I spent a handful of afternoons at a BioLife Plasma Services center just outside of Washington, DC. What started as background research for a Capstone due diligence project turned into a behind-the-scenes insight into...
