…plan design.” http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/opinion/L09HEAL.html Comment: Quoting from the original article, “Pressed by employers, some of the nation’s biggest insurers are introducing a new kind of health plan… ” and “Eventually, however,…
2020 SNaHP Summit Materials
…Welcome and Keynote By Dr. Susan Rogers Download slideshow here Working with Media: Pitching Your Story and Conducting Interviews By Clare Fauke Download slideshow here Single Payer & its Impacts…
Message trumps policy?
How to Talk About Health Care Reform: Summary of Research on Health Care Messaging
…private health care providers for a comprehensive set of medical services. (22% preferred) http://herndonalliance.org/pdf/PollingSummaryLRP-Nov07.pdf?PHPSESSID=51de02f649a54470d01f6e2a5ae6ccbb Comment: By Don McCanne, MD There is currently an intensive effort within the progressive community to…
Private Medicare Part D insurers pay 69% more for brand drugs than does Medicaid
…drugs due to formulary requirements set by CMS, lack of competitors for some drugs, or low utilization for some drugs that limit incentives for manufacturers to provide price concessions. http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/664521.pdf…
Private Medicare Part D insurers pay 69% more for brand drugs than does Medicaid
…drugs due to formulary requirements set by CMS, lack of competitors for some drugs, or low utilization for some drugs that limit incentives for manufacturers to provide price concessions. http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/664521.pdf…
Exploring the shortcomings and fault lines of the Affordable Care Act
…medical providers, insurance companies, businesses, and civic organizations (e.g. the Chamber of Commerce.) to understand and participate in the ACA. Nearly five years after passage, the Affordable Care Act and…
Policies to address out-of-network charges
Code Blue: Out-of-Network Charges Can Spur Financial Emergency
…so that people will stay in them and then, most patients, knowing what it will cost them to leave their networks, will decide not to. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/health/policy/19fees.html qotd on AHIP’s report…
Policies to address out-of-network charges
…decide not to. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/health/policy/19fees.html qotd on AHIP’s report referenced above: https://pnhp.org/news/2009/august/ahip_explains_why_pr.php What are private insurers selling us? Their primary product is a network of health care providers that have contracted…
Interview with Dr. David Himmelstein
…filter to the front of the parade, since they apparently thought the thing might pass. If we had only a minimally competent campaign, it would have passed. We lost in…
CMS’s shocking rules on QHP networks and ECPs
…is submitted. CMS will review the collected provider list to evaluate provider networks using a “reasonable access” review standard, and will identify networks that fail to provide access without unreasonable…
Restrictive provider networks
…open plans, since costs would be spread among fewer employees. http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2010/04/17/some_health_networks_drop_elite_hospitals/?rss_id=Boston.com+–+Health+news Massachusetts intends to expand the use of limited provider networks in order to slow the rise in costs. The…
Ending the scourge of surprise medical bills
…networks a full complement of specialists at every in-network hospital, rather than counting on out-of-network doctors being willing to treat patients at a discount. There will always be tension between…