…enroll in a Medicare buy-in option? A Public Option for All Age Groups A public option is a qualified health plan that would be sold through the ACA’s government-created Marketplaces…
Germany’s painful lesson on private insurance
Many seek to switch to public health insurance The Local – Germany’s News in English January 8, 2012 Shocked by premium increases of as much as 50 percent, many Germans…
Germany's painful lesson on private insurance
Many seek to switch to public health insurance The Local – Germany’s News in English January 8, 2012 Shocked by premium increases of as much as 50 percent, many Germans…
Jacob Hacker provides details for public option
…than 65 who lack employment-based coverage should have the choice of enrolling in a new public health insurance plan modeled after Medicare. The central argument for public plan choice is…
Jacob Hacker provides details for public option
…than 65 who lack employment-based coverage should have the choice of enrolling in a new public health insurance plan modeled after Medicare. The central argument for public plan choice is…
The public option is back
…choices, and save American taxpayers billions of dollars. http://www.help.senate.gov/ranking/newsroom/press/senators-introduce-resolution-calling-for-health-care-public-option *** Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. This week an intensive campaign is being initiated in support of a “public option” –…
The public option won’t fix our system
Why the Less Disruptive Health Care Option Could Be Plenty Disruptive
…brands have their own proposal: a “public option” that would preserve the current private insurance market, while giving people the opportunity to choose government insurance. A public option would be…
Do Not Resuscitate the ‘Public Option’
…the “public option” is mistaken and futile. Once upon a time, proponents of the “public plan option” sought a “Medicare-like” program that might enroll every other person in the nation…
Do Not Resuscitate the 'Public Option'
…the “public option” is mistaken and futile. Once upon a time, proponents of the “public plan option” sought a “Medicare-like” program that might enroll every other person in the nation…
Hospitals, doctors drop private Medicare plans over payment disputes
…have the option to choose a new plan during Medicare’s annual open enrollment, which runs from mid-October through Dec. 7. Seniors can choose traditional government-run Medicare or switch to a…
Onset of disability spurs exit from private Medicare Advantage plans
Switching Between Medicare Advantage And Traditional Medicare Before And After The Onset Of Functional Disability
…switch to traditional Medicare, compared to those with lower levels: 36 percent of those who switched from Medicare Advantage to traditional Medicare needed help with two or more activities of…
Enough already!
…to the public option is held up as evidence of the wisdom of the public option: The fierce and continuing opposition of the insurance industry suggests that they think that…
