Massachusetts Health Care Cost Trends - Premiums and ExpendituresCommonwealth of MassachusettsHealth and Human Services, May 2012To no surprise, group purchasers in Massachusetts are engaging in
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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Massachusetts group purchasers engaging in "benefit buy-down"
To no surprise, group purchasers in Massachusetts are engaging in "benefit buy-down" of health plans, which reduces access to care and increases out-of-pocket expenses for
Are workplace wellness programs enough to make you sick?
Workplace Wellness ProgramsHealth Policy BriefHealth Affairs, May 10, 2012The Affordable Care Act of 2010 will, as of 2014, expand employers' ability to reward employees who
Are workplace wellness programs enough to make you sick?
Altruistic employers who, out of the goodness of their hearts, offer wellness programs to their employees, also theoretically benefit by improving productivity through having a
Health Affairs article on saving through consumer-directed health plans
Growth Of Consumer-Directed Health Plans To One-Half Of All Employer-Sponsored Insurance Could Save $57 Billion AnnuallyBy Amelia M. Haviland, M. Susan Marquis, Roland D. McDevitt
Health Affairs article on saving through consumer-directed health plans
The title of this Health Affairs report seems to encourage the widespread adoption of consumer-directed health plans (CHDPs) - a theme repeated in the press
Provider clout driving up private insurance prices
The Growing Power Of Some Providers To Win Steep Payment Increases From Insurers Suggests Policy Remedies May Be NeededBy Robert A. Berenson, Paul B. Ginsburg,
Provider clout driving up private insurance prices
This Health Affairs article explains how health care providers - particularly dominant hospital systems - through consolidation and other market manipulations, have been able to
Access deteriorating not just for uninsured but also for Medicaid and privately insured
A Decade Of Health Care Access Declines For Adults Holds Implications For Changes In The Affordable Care ActBy Genevieve M. Kenney, Stacey McMorrow, Stephen Zuckerman
Access deteriorating not just for uninsured but also for Medicaid and privately insured
This study from the Urban Institute provides further confirmation of what we already knew. Uninsured individuals have impaired access to health care. What should be
Now Massachusetts addresses the costs, but not really
A New Approach To Cutting MAās Health Costs: Throw SpaghettiBy Rachel ZimmermanWBUR, May 4, 2012When Massachusetts passed sweeping health insurance reform in 2006, a crucial
Now Massachusetts addresses the costs, but not really
When the Massachusetts reform act was about to be enacted in 2006, MIT economist and Romney consultant Jonathan Gruber acknowledged that the issue of rising