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Report highlights significant variation in healthcare costs | Augusta Free Press

Unlike insurers and employers, those without health insurance have very little information to help to negotiate costs. On VHI’s website, consumers can gain leverage by using the average amount health insurance companies approve. “With the release of the 2016 Healthcare Pricing Transparency report, VHI continues to serve as an unbiased resource for consumers trying to […]

Price caps for airlines complicated but minor issue, says CIMB Research | The Star Online

CIMB Research believes that the price caps are likely to be set quite high, because 1) a low-price cap will hurt Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Malindo more, as their airfares are typically higher than AirAsia ‘s, and 2) it is not in the interests of Mavcom to drive MAS and Malindo out of business, since […]

Trump Promises Lower Drug Prices, but Drops Populist Solutions | The New York Times

Trump Promises Lower Drug Prices, but Drops Populist Solutions | The New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Trump vowed on Friday to “bring soaring drug prices back down to earth” by promoting competition among pharmaceutical companies, and he suggested that the government could require drugmakers to disclose prices in their ubiquitous television advertising. But he dropped the popular and populist proposals of his presidential campaign, opting not to have […]

Dynamic pricing: An efficient solution for true demand response enabling | Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Dynamic pricing: An efficient solution for true demand response enabling | Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

ABSTRACT A dynamic pricing scheme, also known as real-time pricing (RTP), can be more efficient and technically beneficial than the other price-based schemes (such as flat-rate or time-of-use pricing) for enabling demand response (DR) actions. Over the past few years, the advantages of RTP-based schemes have been extensively discussed for DR purposes in electricity markets; […]

Blog: Lessons from a Price War | Strategic Pricing Solutions

Blog: Lessons from a Price War | Strategic Pricing Solutions

I often find myself in discussions with clients or potential clients about whether lowering prices to take market share is a good pricing strategy. To illustrate the effects of trying to win with lower prices, I look back at this story, sent to me by a former service station manager in Texas. “In 2010, my […]