…able to resolve that piecemeal,” she said. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), a member of the drafting committee, said Democrats in Congress fought hard for a single payer or public option…
Jonathan Oberlander on the prospect for single payer
…this “public option” couldn’t clear the Senate. Even with a Democratic president and large Democratic congressional majorities, a narrow remnant of single payer failed to pass. Nevertheless, the single-payer approach…
Universal Health Care Study Open for Researchers to Bid
…the essential health benefits of the Affordable Care Act; adding a public option and basic health plan insurance products to the federal exchange for Oregon; and the default, the current…
Single-payer health insurance option is needed
…of a lack of health insurance. It’s time we stand up to this corporate kleptocracy and demand robust public options that control costs and administrative expenses. I urge readers to…
Co-ops collapsing
…“Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans” (co-ops) under the ACA were a compromise. During the Congressional debate over the reform law in 2009, most Democrats were supporting a so-called “public option,”…
US government is abandoning health insurance co-ops
…This “public option” was first emasculated so that it would not be an effective competitor to the private insurance firms, and then it was totally eliminated from ACA by political…
Seidman and Pollack: ACA versus Medicare for All
…of sixty the option of purchasing public insurance coverage. Many Americans would welcome this option, which would also provide needed competition and market discipline of providers. Policies like this may…
Bare Bones Health Plans Expected To Survive Health Law
…a health insurance option that works for them.” Bianchi, who represents large employers, says the people who wrote the law intended to give companies a bare-bones option. “The ability to…
Problems with Affordable Care Act show need for single-payer system
…What happened? Gone are the $2,500 savings and the public option. Cost control wasn’t part of the ACA. The public option bothered insurance companies, so it was out. Of 60…
Large employers moving en masse to high deductibles
Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2014
…are considering offering high-deductible health plans as the only benefit option to their employees in 2014. Already, 17% of employers offer high-deductible plans as their only option in 2013, a…
Aetna favors "margin over membership"
Q1 2013 Earnings Conference Call
…we continue to hold that as an option should the exchanges not develop favorably, or they ask for unreasonable rates by the time we need to close on participation. http://investor.aetna.com/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&c=110617&eventID=4889118…
Government insiders misappropriate funds to Medicare Advantage insurers
U.S. to boost rather than cut payments to health insurers
…2013 After careful consideration of public comments, key changes and updates finalized in the Rate Announcement and final Call Letter include: The final estimate of the combined effect of the…
