What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
Talking about health insurance is a good way to clear a room. It is a rare person who is excited to interact with their insurance company or who can understand the explanation of benefits they receive in the mail detailing all of the things that the insurance carrier has decided not to pay on their […]
This last week I attended Health Evolution Partners’ Leadership Summit in Laguna Niguel. If you have to leave home for work, Laguna Niguel is the place you want to go. I had a moment during the closing dinner where, on the lawn just beyond my ocean cliff-side table, there were six little bunnies hopping around […]
This last week marked the one-year anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known colloquially as Obamacare. Depending on who you are and where you stand, you might not be sure whether to celebrate or mourn the occasion. I looked up what gift one is supposed to give on such an […]
For those of you interested in the program I moderated in Sacramento last week on Health Reform in California, here is the video for you to watch. The overall program is about 90 minutes, but the actual panel starts at minute 17:35 (before that is some remarks from Sacramento Mayor (and former …
I’m really looking forward to this coming Friday, February 4th, as I get to moderate a panel on “The Impact of Health Reform on California.” The panel, which was organized by UC Berkeley’s Institute for Governmental Studies is being held in Sacramento and will take place before a sold-out crowd of nearly 200, in large […]
President Obama got two big laughs in his State of the Union speech this week. One came as the result of his description of the federal bureaucracy through the eyes of a salmon. He described how different departments have oversight responsibility for salmon in different conditions, specifically stating, “the Interior Department is in charge of […]
A few weeks ago, Judge Henry Hudson of Virginia ruled that the PPACA health reform law (oft-referred to as Obamacare) was unconstitutional because there was a provision that forced people to buy insurance. Commenting on his ruling, Judge Hudson was quoted as saying that using the Commerce clause to justify the requirement that everyone purchase […]
A few weeks ago, Judge Henry Hudson of Virginia ruled that the PPACA health reform law (oft-referred to as Obamacare) was unconstitutional because there was a provision that forced people to buy insurance. Commenting on his ruling, Judge Hudson was quoted as saying that using the Commerce clause to justify the requirement that everyone purchase […]
In my last post I talked about the risk of unintended consequences that may lead 2 million people to be dumped onto the States’ Medicaid rolls if the federal government continues to contest the validity of mini-med health plans, such as those in place for McDonald’s employees. This is a highly controversial situation and the […]
Lisa Suennen is a venture capital investor and the managing partner of Venture Valkyrie, LLC, which publishes the Venture Valkyrie blog and co-produces the Tech Tonics podcast. She is also co-founder of CSweetener, a women's healthcare mentoring organization.