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Symposium on public policy and health in the Trump era
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A progressive alternative to Obamacare
…ago are now pursuing pilot projects to see how fixed global budgets will affect them. And the commercial insurance industry—by definition the biggest loser in the coming transformation—has put up…
2019 SNaHP Summit Materials
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The experiment of Medicare privatization has failed
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Out-of-network risk is increasing in the individual market
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…provided for care obtained outside of the networks. As recently as 2015, 58 percent of individual plans offered coverage for care obtained outside of networks. This year that has declined…
Should poor-performing hospitals be expelled from exchange plans?
…top-down, arbitrary measurement system that carries a big stick. This can make it difficult for health plans and providers to work together constructively.” http://californiahealthline.org/news/california-insurance-marketplace-wants-to-kick-out-poor-performing-hospitals/ *** Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D….
Narrow Provider Networks: Balancing Affordability with Access – a flawed approach
…monitoring of consumers’ use of out-of-network services, complaints and appeals, and more active oversight of plan behavior. Full report (10 pages): http://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/issue_briefs/2014/rwjf413643 **** Comment: By Don McCanne, MD This report…
Narrow Provider Networks: Balancing Affordability with Access – a flawed approach
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