…after hospital discharge increased more for ACO-aligned beneficiaries. Beneficiary reports of care experiences were similar to both the general FFS and Medicare Advantage populations in the first performance year and…
Congress plots to pay for a trade deal by raiding Medicare
…in worse-hit industries and were trying to replace relatively high wages. But taking advantage of job training also kept them out of the workforce longer, which may have made them less…
Is Blue Cross Blue Shield an illegal cartel?
…advantage in the competitive markets. In California, it is difficult to see any differences between the innovative leader – for-profit Anthem Blue Cross – and nonprofit Blue Shield of California…
Celebrate Medicare’s anniversary by improving and expanding it to all
…These same corporate insurers are working feverishly to privatize traditional Medicare through private Medicare Advantage plans and other schemes. They get extra payments from the public program’s coffers – to…
At 50 years, time to improve Medicare
…qualify for Medicaid coverage, though these dual-eligible individuals, to their dismay, are now often being forced into managed care plans designed for the welfare population. Others select private Medicare Advantage…
Grow Medicare to save lives, money
…outcomes and increase costs. We already see what is happening in the Medicare Advantage plans, which are operated by private insurers. They cost the Medicare program about 14 percent more…
With Obamacare under GOP attack, New York could fight back with a single-payer plan
…of the proposed bill and concluded that a single-payer system would save money across the board by reducing health care spending. “One [advantage] is that a single-payer plan will allow…
2012 health care spending, including administration
…of private Medicare Advantage plans and private Medicaid and CHIP managed care plans, but this does not begin to account for the four fold differences in total administrative costs between…