By Drs. James G. Kahn and Elliot Marseille
The Hill, August 14, 2019
Each candidate has their own way to fix what ails health insurance. Everyone claimed
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Medicare ACO outcomes are indistinguishable from zero
By Mariétou H. Ouayogodé, PhD, Alexander J. Mainor, JD, MPH, Ellen Meara, PhD, Julie P. W. Bynum, MD, MPH, and Carrie H. Colla, PhD
JAMA Network
Out-of-network surprise billing quantified
By Eric C. Sun, MD, PhD; Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD; Jasmin Moshfegh, MA, MSc; Laurence C. Baker, PhD
JAMA Internal Medicine, August 12, 2019
Abstract
Importance: Although
People care about coverage, not private plans
By Jake Johnson
Common Dreams, August 9, 2019
A Business Insider poll published Thursday found that most Americans with employer-sponsored health coverage support switching over to Medicare
Timothy Faust: Health Justice Now – a must read
By Timothy Faust
This can all feel like so much. It feels like so much to me! I sit to read or write and the waves
Physicians and gun violence
By Dan Diamond
POLITICO Pulse, August 8, 2019
What GOP doctors won't say about gun violence — They won't use the same language as the American Medical
Gross margins for Medicare Advantage plans averaged $1, 608 per person per year
By Gretchen Jacobson, Rachel Fehr, Cynthia Cox, and Tricia Neuman
Kaiser Family Foundation, August 5, 2019
The Medicare Advantage, individual (also known as non-group), and fully-insured group
Michael Hiltzik: Health insurance companies are useless. Get rid of them.
By Michael Hiltzik
Los Angeles Times, August 5, 2019
The most perplexing aspect of our current debate over healthcare and health coverage is the notion that Americans
Robert Kuttner explains the irrationality of Harris’ inclusion of Medicare Advantage
By Robert Kuttner
The American Prospect, August 1, 2019
In the extensive jousting over Medicare for All, Kamala Harris has evaded scrutiny for the most insidious aspect
2019 Milliman Medical Index
By Chris Girod, FSA, MAAA, Sue Hart, FSA, MAAA, Dave Liner, FSA, CERA, MAAA Tom Snook, FSA, MAAA, Scott Weltz, FSA, MAAA
Milliman Research Report, July
BREAKING NEWS: The private insurance plans are the problem
The Case For Eliminating Obsolete Private Health Insurance
By Leonard Rodberg & Don McCanne
Common Dreams, July 13, 2007
Private health insurance was an idea that worked during
A Medicare for All monopsony would get the prices right
By Jillian Chown, David Dranove, Craig Garthwaite, and Jordan Keener
National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2019
Abstract
Perhaps more than any other sector of the economy, healthcare