KFF, Newsroom, July 11, 2018 In all but four states, insurance companies can deny private Medigap insurance policies to seniors after their initial enrollment in Medicare because of a pre-existing…
Price competition in establishing provider networks – a very weak tool
…crushing burden on employers and families.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/25/AR2009112503474.html Comment: By Don McCanne, MD During the health reform process, AHIP health insurance lobbyist Karen Ignagni stated repeatedly that health insurance is not…
Price competition in establishing provider networks – a very weak tool
…prices that allow them to keep their insurance premiums competitive. This process is not new. Establishing plan networks with contracted payment rates was the most important innovation during the managed…
California’s employer mandate is a step forward,but not enough
…covered-with the employee’s premium contribution dependent on the choices made. http://www.chcf.org/topics/view.cfm?itemid=21485 For the full report: http://www.chcf.org/documents/insurance/ConsumerDirectedHealthCare.pdf Comment: Since consumer-directed health care is being touted by some as the next major…
Is the California ACA exchange a model for the nation?
…director of Covered California. James C. Robinson is a professor of health economics at UC Berkeley. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0728-lee-aca-insurance-prices-20150727-story.html **** Covered California’s good news on premium hikes comes with trade-offs By The…
Scrooge & Marley, Inc. — The True Conservative Agenda
…earnings of those committed to their charge.” He added: “I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom. ……
Jacob Hacker provides details for public option
…that the government doesn’t play on a level field, we would have to establish a set of administratively complex rules of competition with which the government must comply, include the…
As Nov. 6 PNHP meeting nears, activity steps up
…coordinator for the Alabama chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program (www.PNHP.org) and Health Care for Everyone — Alabama (www.HealthCareFor-Everyone-Alabama.org). E-mail: info@healthcareforeveryone-Alabama.org. http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2010/10/my_view_state_needs_single-pay.html Model exists to provide health insurance…
The Health Care Crisis and What to Do About It
…spending, because private spending is rising at a comparably fast clip. “Comparing common benefits,” says the Kaiser Family Foundation, changes in Medicare spending in the last three decades has largely…
Venture capitalists in the pharmaceutical industry
…even as investors generated the returns necessary to finance more discoveries. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1400868 **** PNHP Data Update September 29, 2000 The new editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, Jeffrey…
Venture capitalists in the pharmaceutical industry
…even as investors generated the returns necessary to finance more discoveries. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1400868 **** PNHP Data Update September 29, 2000 The new editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, Jeffrey…
The Doctors’ Revolt
…and bureaucratic battles with insurance companies over authorizations and payments. Losing Faith in the System Dr. Seth Foldy, a family physician and former health commissioner for the City of Milwaukee,…