…public support for Medicare for All, the insurance industry realizes that there is a great opportunity to expand their markets though the public option of a private Medicare Advantage for…
The bull market is foretelling Medicare Advantage for All
An unlikely winner in the long-running bull market: Health insurers
…for the Medicare public option. Just as the private Medicare Advantage plans are engulfing the traditional Medicare program, the insurance industry is positioned to be sure that the Medicare public…
Higher premiums, higher deductibles, and narrower networks in exchange markets
The High Cost of Healthcare: Patients See Greater Cost-Shifting and Reduced Coverage in Exchange Markets 2014-2018
…we need to protect our current system but add the option of being able to purchase a public plan. Some are now latching on to the Medicare for all rhetoric…
Half of U.S. health care payments to be made through APMs
Learning & Action Network (LAN)
…of the public and private sectors working in concert supporting providers towards APM adoption. We know that providers need information and support from health plans to take on risk. This…
'The health bills in Congress are not real reform'
…of public subsidy. And the pharmaceutical industry, similarly, would be getting more money – again, much of it from the public treasury. So those industries would be financially stronger. PNHP:…
Mercer projects downgrading of employer-sponsored health plans
…no other option than to significantly downgrade their plans, shifting more costs to individuals and families who actually need health care. They may continue to offer their employees the option…
U.S. Health Care is Profiteered to Death
…have just a small segment of the population in a single-payer system won’t work. That’s been the problem with the public option: the people who would end up being in…
“Divided We Fail” is divided and failing
…never compete with a well designed Medicare-like program that would be available to everyone. They are careful in their public statements, mindful of prior credibility issues stemming from prior public…
Health navigators for everyone
…performance [based] and not just narrow. The second change from the ‘90s is always offering options outside of the narrow network. So rather than “Here’s your narrow network, that’s it,”…
Beyond Obamacare: Universalism and Health Care in the Twenty-first Century
…instance the proposal for a “robust” public option—had a less successful career. AHIP was, not surprisingly, rather lukewarm about the prospect of a competing public insurance plan, however “robust” or…
New patient? What insurance do you have?
…practices accepting specific insurance plans will decline because of the doctor being excluded from the networks, patients will probably still choose private plans as being their best option. It’s just…
Ohio’s lesson for Medicare Part D
…over a competing public insurance option, after totally rejecting any consideration of a single publicly administered insurance program for everyone. Eventually even the public option was rejected, just as a…
