Medicare Advantage in 2007
CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
In 2007, the Medicare Advantage program is providing an affordable, high value choice for all Medicare
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.
The illusion of private insurance coverage
The Illusion of Coverage: How Health Insurance Fails People When They Get Sick
By Carol Pryor, Andrew Cohen and Jeffrey Prottas
The Access Project
March 2007
The purpose of
Less satisfaction with publicly-traded insurers
J.D. Power and Associates Reports:
BlueCross BlueShield and Privately Held Health Plan Enrollees Voice Greater Customer Satisfaction Compared with Members of Publicly Traded Companies
J. D. Power
UnitedHealth sets standards for market success
Health insurance giant buys Sierra
By Ian Mylchreest
Las Vegas Business Press
March 19, 2007
Local health insurance giant Sierra Health Services agreed last week to be bought by
Massachusetts' "humane exemption" from universal coverage
Promises, promises in healthcare reform
The Boston Globe
March 17, 2007
People of all stripes are closely following the state health reform plan as it is rolled out.
Accepting new patients based on payment source
CDC
MMWR
March 16, 2007
QuickStats: Percentage of Office-Based Primary-Care Physicians Who Did Not Accept New Patients, by Expected Payment Source -- National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United
Massachusetts’ “humane exemption” from universal coverage
Promises, promises in healthcare reform
The Boston Globe
March 17, 2007
People of all stripes are closely following the state health reform plan as it is rolled out.
Watson Wyatt on employer costs and CDHPs
12th Annual National Business Group on Health / Watson Wyatt Survey Report 2007
Watson Wyatt Worldwide
March 15, 2007
Annual cost increases for all employers remained at 8
Bush administration rejects citizens' health care recommendations
President Rejects Health Care Proposal
By Kevin Freking, Associated Press
The Herald-Sun
March 14, 2007
The Bush administration on Wednesday rejected key recommendations from a citizens' group (Citizens' Health
Bush administration rejects citizens’ health care recommendations
President Rejects Health Care Proposal
By Kevin Freking, Associated Press
The Herald-Sun
March 14, 2007
The Bush administration on Wednesday rejected key recommendations from a citizens' group (Citizens' Health
Underinsurance is bad for your heart
Financial Barriers to Health Care and Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Ali R. Rahimi, MD, MPH; John A. Spertus, MD, MPH; Kimberly J. Reid, MS; Susannah
High deductibles are bad for children's health
High-Deductible Health Plans and the New Risks of Consumer-Driven Health Insurance Products
Committee on Child Health Financing
Pediatrics (Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics)
March 2007
Policy