KHN Exclusive: Congressional Documents Show Health Cost
Kaiser Health News
September 4, 2009
These documents, prepared by the House Committee on Ways and Means and obtained by KHN,
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More lessons from Massachusetts
Although there are many reports on the deficiencies of the Massachusetts reforms, this report stresses two serious design flaws that impair affordability and access for
More lessons from Massachusetts
Consumers' Experience in Massachusetts: Lessons for National Health Reform
By Carol Pryor and Andrew Cohen
Kaiser Family Foundation
The Access Project
September 2009
Although there are many reports on the
Paying for community health centers
Regardless of what proposals for health care reform are adopted, it is essential that financing be included for non-profit community health centers in underserved rural,
Paying for community health centers
Using Primary Care to Bend the Curve: Estimating the Impact of a Health Center Expansion on Health Care Costs
By Leighton Ku, PhD, MPH, Patrick Richard,
Over 2.2 million Californians have medical debt
Most individuals who are following health care reform are already aware of the fact that medical debt often contributes to personal bankruptcy, even for those
Over 2.2 million Californians have medical debt
Insured and in debt: Even with coverage Californians struggle to pay medical bills
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
August 31, 2009
More than 2.2 million California adults
IT'S THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, STUPID!
What's beautiful about the Medicare Advantage program is that it has provided us with a real-life laboratory experiment which allows us to compare the functioning
IT'S THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, STUPID!
Rules rein in Medicare Advantage marketing
By Tom Murphy
Associated Press
Regulators clamped down last fall on shady sales practices for privately run Medicare health insurance for the
IT’S THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, STUPID!
Rules rein in Medicare Advantage marketing
By Tom Murphy
Associated Press
Regulators clamped down last fall on shady sales practices for privately run Medicare health insurance for the
Former Jasper County Republican Chairman on Single Payer
If you set politics aside and look at proposed policies for reform, the logic of a single-payer, improved Medicare for all should unite those with
Former Jasper County Republican Chairman on Single Payer
Beware health-industrial complex
By Jack Bernard
Ledger-Enquirer
August 23, 2009
I am a Republican, former chairman of the Republican Party in Jasper County, Ga., and chair of that county