…response of the Business/Insurance/Other Health Care Industry sector – Table 4a: http://www.cmwf.org/usr_doc/CMWF_Opinion_Leaders_summary.pdf Comment: Another interesting result is that the Government/Labor/Consumer Advocacy sector expressed 63% support of a single payer system…
Two week ‘doc fix’ reprieve gives us time to protect Medicare
…concerns us. These provisions in H.R. 2 represent a sizable cost shift to select Medicare beneficiaries, and half of the total offsets included in the legislative package. http://www.medicarerights.org/pdf/hr2-house-letter-032515.pdf **** H.R….
Dartmouth Atlas – Major overhaul of health care required
…States; perhaps acute care hospitals could take on the mission of integrating providers into community-based systems for managing chronic illness. Executive Summary: http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/atlases/2006_Atlas_Exec_Summary.pdf The full report (121 pages); http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/atlases/2006_Chronic_Care_Atlas.pdf Comment:…
NCHC – Thorpe's analysis of savings makes reform imperative
…billion ($1.136 trillion) reduction – Universal publicly financed program (“single payer”) National Coalition on Health Care: http://www.nchc.org/ Press Release: http://www.nchc.org/news/press_releases/2003/2005_05_23.pdf KFF video HealthCast of the press conference: http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?create=high_windows&linkid=1&display=detail&hc=1439 Kenneth Thorpe’s…
Should reducing the uninsured rate by half be our goal?
…costs (combined with making high- deductible plan coverage more widely available). http://www.cmwf.org/usr_doc/HCOL_survey2_release.pdf The survey questions and results: http://www.cmwf.org/usr_doc/HCOL_survey2_topline.pdf Comment: The good news about this survey is that health care opinion…
Plaintiff Cry: When Retirees Sue an Ex-Employer
…them to hang on.” Write to Ellen E. Schultz at ellen.schultz@wsj.com5 URL for this article: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110003715157069249,00.html Hyperlinks in this Article: (1) http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110003711129469246,00.html (2) http://discussions.wsj.com/wsjvoices/messages?msg=3330.1 (3) http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109837152544451883,00.html (4) http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109993211928867644,00.html (5) mailto:ellen.schultz@wsj.com…
Reimbursing based on process and outcomes?
Basing Pay-for-Performance on Outcomes
…problem. http://community.nytimes.com/comments/economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/basing-pay-for-performance-on-outcomes/?permid=9#comment9 Comment: By Don McCanne, MD As part of the current fervor over implementing reform, considerable attention has been directed to controlling spending and improving quality by changing reimbursement…
Companies Sue Union Retirees To Cut Promised Health Benefits
…a contract like that.” Write to Ellen E. Schultz at ellen.schultz@wsj.com5 URL for this article: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110003711129469246,00.html Hyperlinks in this Article: (1) http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110003715157069249,00.html (2) http://discussions.wsj.com/wsjvoices/messages?msg=3330.1 (3) http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109837152544451883,00.html (4) http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109993211928867644,00.html (5) mailto:ellen.schultz@wsj.com…
Reimbursing based on process and outcomes?
…need is in the art of medicine. http://community.nytimes.com/comments/economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/basing-pay-for-performance-on-outcomes/?permid=2#comment2 9. Dr. Robert Centor Birmingham October 15th, 2010 We must thank Dr. Reinhardt for 2 stimulating posts on P4P. He has pointed…
What a single-payer health insurance plan looks like
…insurance companies don’t want you. If you have HIV, insurance companies don’t want you. If you have an obsessive-compulsive disorder, a history of chronic depression, if you’re overweight, if you…
Is Austin Frakt right that Medicare Advantage may be worth the extra cost?
…Mr. Newhouse and Mr. McGuire hedge but lean favorably toward Medicare Advantage, saying cuts in its “plan payments may be shortsighted.” http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/upshot/medicare-advantage-is-more-expensive-but-it-may-be-worth-it.html?rref=upshot&abt=0002&abg=1 **** How Successful Is Medicare Advantage? By Joseph…
Is health insurers' profit 2% or 22%?
…better – drugs and medical products and services were both in the top 10. Leading the list: network and other communications equipment, at 20.4 percent. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/26/AR2009102600229.html And… Morningstar October 26,…
