Health Care Fraud Committed by Agents, Brokers, and Insurer Employees
What types of fraudulent schemes are perpetrated by those in the insurance field?
AHIP (America's Health Insurance
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.
PNHP has archived Dr. McCanneās listserv below; to read current daily analysis on a broad range of health justice topics, please visit the McCanne Health Justice Monitor website.
Contingent workers and health care
Contingent Workers and Contingent Health
By Kristin J. Cummings, MD, MPH and Kathleen Kreiss, MD
JAMA
January 30, 2008
"Only 13% of contingent workers had health insurance provided by
California reform defeat and UnitedHealth
Panel kills Schwarzenegger's health plan
By Jordan Rau
Los Angeles Times
January 29, 2008
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's audacious plan to arrange medical insurance for nearly all Californians -- one
Caps on catastrophic losses
More Hitting Cost Limit on Health Benefits
By Christopher Lee
The Washington Post
January 27, 2008
A small but growing number of American families beset by major medical problems
IOM report: Knowing What Works
Knowing What Works in Health Care: A Roadmap for the Nation
The National Academies
Institute of Medicine
January 24, 2008
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where
The fantasy numbers of the Schwarzenegger/Nunez proposal
California Legislative Analyst's report on the Health Care Security and Cost Reduction Act, ABX1 1 (Nunez/Schwarzenegger compromise) and the proposed funding initiative
By Elizabeth G. Hill
Legislative
Initiating a market for organs
Economists' study says paying for organs would cut wait lists
Kidney and liver sales would add 10% to 15% to the cost of transplants, a study
Prior authorization without payment authorization
CMA Asks DOI to Pull the Plug on United Healthcare's New Notification Protocol
California Medical Association
January 18, 2008
CMA has asked the Department of Insurance to require
Americans lack understanding of their private health plans
New Survey Shows Americans Lack Understanding of Their Health Coverage and Basic Health Insurance Terminology
eHealthInsurance
January 3, 2008
According to a survey commissioned by eHealth, Inc., the
Understanding insurer profits
Health Insurers Battle Rising Costs
By TheStreet.com Ratings Staff
TheStreet.com
January 16, 2008
Health insurers continued to boost profits in the second quarter, even as they struggled to raise
Rex Nutting on health care reform
Candidates not leading on economic issues
Commentary: Michigan tailor-made for bold plans on health care, energy
By Rex Nutting
MarketWatch
January 15, 2008
The best presidents know when to lead
Commonwealth Fund on candidates' reform proposals
Envisioning the Future: The 2008 Presidential Candidates' Health Reform Proposals
By Sara R. Collins, Ph.D., and Jennifer L. Kriss
The Commonwealth Fund
January 15, 2008
The policy principles listed