Summary: Today’s post is a request to comment favorably (by March 3rd) on proposed payment adjustments for Medicare Advantage for 2024.
CMS issued a draft of a plan
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Needed: Political Will to End the Violence in Ukraine & in our Health System
Summary: A Russian opponent of the war in Ukraine calls for the cease-fire that will stop the killing and permit finding a solution. We need
Prior Authorization Scrutinized
Summary: Managed care advocates argue that prior authorization saves money and improves quality of care. But the evidence is unclear. Mainly, it’s an irritant for doctors
Public Education Needed on the Advantages of Public Insurance
Summary: US adults are fed up with health insurance costs and coverage, eager for real reform. Most favor a government guarantee of coverage, and a plurality
Projected Savings from Hospital Global Budgets under Single Payer
Summary: A new study quantifies huge anticipated gains over 10 years – $2.5 trillion in financial savings alongside added resources for clinical care – by shifting
Profit Obsessed US Health System Drives Physician Burnout
Summary: A physician-anthropologist highlights the conflict plaguing today’s medical profession: the contradiction of medical values and a profit-focused health care system. He advocates collective action for
Shameless Business Tactics to Bilk Medicare and Medicaid
Summary: Two KHN stories illustrate how nursing homes and Medicare Advantage health plans share a business rapacity, using no-holds-barred tactics to funnel public health insurance funds
Pervasive Greed Destroying US Health Care
Summary: Esteemed medical care quality leader Donald Berwick condemns the pervasive and crippling role of financial gain-seeking in US health care. As he said recently, single payer
Single Payer Savings for Households: Calculator Results
Summary: Four thousand individuals reporting current healthcare spending and income reveal that … nearly 9 in 10 will save money, more than $5000 per year on
Collector Rolex vs. Progressive Taxes to Foster Egalitarian & Cohesive Society
Summary: $18 million for a pre-owned Rolex watch vs. tax rates that redress our astounding, historically high economic inequality, in pursuit of social cohesion and equality.
How Not to do Universal Coverage
Summary: An appealing-sounding proposal for universal health insurance envisions a “social floor” “basic bundle” of medical care, to be supplemented by those that can afford more.
Galluping In the Wrong Direction: Higher Cost Barriers & Lower Quality
Summary: National polls show that the US is losing ground on two major indicators of health system performance: access to care and perceived quality. Who thought