Medicare Data Show Wide Differences In ACOsā Patient Care
By Jordan Rau
Kaiser Health News, February 21, 2014
Networks of doctors and hospitals set up under the Affordable
For more than 20 years, PNHPās Senior Health Policy Fellow Don McCanne, M.D. wrote a daily health policy update, taking an excerpt or quote from a health care news story or analysis and commenting on its significance to the single-payer movement.
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Which metal tier plans are people selecting, and why?
Strong Enrollment Numbers Released by Covered California and Department of Health Care ServicesCovered California, February 19, 2014Covered California™ and the California Department of Health Care
Which metal tier plans are people selecting, and why?
Strong Enrollment Numbers Released by Covered California and Department of Health Care Services
Covered California, February 19, 2014
Covered Californiaā¢ and the California Department of Health Care
Private exchanges are sending us in dangerous directions
Employers Turn to Private Health Exchanges to Cut CostsBy Caroline ChenBloomberg, February 19, 2014One-third of U.S. employers plan to move their workersā health-care coverage to
Private exchanges are sending us in dangerous directions
Employers Turn to Private Health Exchanges to Cut Costs
By Caroline Chen
Bloomberg, February 19, 2014
One-third of U.S. employers plan to move their workersā health-care coverage to
“Value-based insurance”: The journey from hype to evidence-based policy
Value-based insurance design program in North Carolina increased medication adherence but was not cost neutralBy Matthew L. Maciejewski et al.Health Affairs, February 2014In the space
Bipartisan support of Medicare Advantage overpayments
To: Ms. Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator, CMSFrom: 40 Senators - 21 Republicans and 19 DemocratsUnited States Senate, February 14, 2014ExcerptsAHIP, the health insurance lobby organization, has
Community rating shifts costs from private insurers to taxpayers
Regulatory Redistribution in the Market for Health InsuranceBy Jeffrey ClemensNational Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 19904, February 2014AbstractA major problem with financing health care
Community rating shifts costs from private insurers to taxpayers
Regulatory Redistribution in the Market for Health Insurance
By Jeffrey Clemens
National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 19904, February 2014
Abstract
In the early 1990s, several U.S. states
Why are physicians becoming hospital employees?
Apprehensive, Many Doctors Shift to Jobs With SalariesBy Elisabeth RosenthalThe New York Times, February 13, 2014American physicians, worried about changes in the health care market,
Why are physicians becoming hospital employees?
Apprehensive, Many Doctors Shift to Jobs With Salaries
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
The New York Times, February 13, 2014
American physicians, worried about changes in the health care market,
EBRI report on HSAs
Health Savings Accounts and Health Reimbursement Arrangements: Assets, Account Balances, and Rollovers, 2006ā2013By Paul Fronstin, Ph.D.Employee Benefit Research Institute, January 2014HSAs (health savings accounts) have