Author Frequently asked questions. 534 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 31 32 33 34 35 … 54 Older Health insurers are abruptly terminating anesthesiology contracts February 27, 2020 By Jeff Lagasse Healthcare Finance, February 27, 2020 Physician anesthesiologists are being forced out of network as insurance companies terminate their contracts, often with little or no notice, according to a new national survey from the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Initial results find 42% of respondents had contracts terminated in the last six months, while […] Quote of the Day UnitedHealthcare/Optum takes good care of their shareholders February 26, 2020 By Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News, February 25, 2020 For five years, Rasha Salama has taken her two children to Dr. Inas Wassef, a pediatrician a few blocks from her home in this blue-collar town across the bay from New York City. Salama likes the doctor because Wassef speaks her native language — Arabic — […] Quote of the Day ‘Choice’ is being used to suppress optimal health policy February 25, 2020 By Laura Tollen, Elizabeth Keating, Alan Weil Health Affairs Blog, February 20, 2020 In 2018, Health Affairs launched the Council on Health Care Spending and Value, a nonpartisan, expert working group that will, over the course of three years, develop recommendations about how the US could take a more deliberate approach to moderating health care […] Quote of the Day What history can and can’t teach us about Medicare for All February 24, 2020 By John E. McDonough Health Affairs Blog, February 21, 2020 Too much time has been spent in this presidential campaign season arguing about Medicare for All. It is not because it’s a bad idea. It is because, for the foreseeable future, Medicare for All has zero political chance to become law. To begin understanding why, […] Quote of the Day Public charge rule is endangering health coverage for U.S.-citizen children February 21, 2020 By Stan Dorn and Rebecca Dorn FamiliesUSA, February 21, 2020 Executive Summary For more than a generation, Democratic and Republican administrations alike held to two core commitments: Children should have the health insurance they need for a good start in life; and immigrant families should be encouraged to seek essential benefits for which they qualify, […] Quote of the Day Gov. Newsom on homelessness and health February 20, 2020 Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom, February 19, 2020 The California Dream is for all. To that end, there are 1.6 million fewer Californians living in poverty today than in 2011—a full quarter of the nation’s decrease. But no amount of progress can camouflage the most pernicious crisis in our midst, the ultimate manifestation of […] Quote of the Day Publicly traded health insurers have taken over February 19, 2020 By Shelby Livingston Modern Healthcare, February 18, 2020 The largest publicly traded health insurers grew profits by a combined 66% in 2019, driven by the massive mergers and acquisitions several of them completed the year before. Those deals boosted the group of seven companies’ collective net income to $35.6 billion, according to Modern Healthcare’s analysis […] Quote of the Day Locked out of trading in your Medicare Advantage plan for a Medigap plan February 18, 2020 By Cheryl Clark MedPage Today, December 3, 2019 Like many of the 22 million seniors now enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, Tom Mills belatedly discovered its dirty little secret. Also called Part C, these plans can cover a broad array of health services at low cost — that is, until one gets sick, at […] Quote of the Day 13% reduction in health care costs projected for Sanders Medicare-for-All Act February 17, 2020 By Alison Galvani, Alyssa Parpia, Eric Foster, Burton Singer, and Meagan Fitzpatrick Lancet, February 15, 2020 Abstract … Efforts are ongoing to repeal the Affordable Care Act which would exacerbate health-care inequities. By contrast, a universal system, such as that proposed in the Medicare for All Act, has the potential to transform the availability and […] Quote of the Day Americans agree on reforming health care but undecided on how February 14, 2020 Public Agenda, February 5, 2020 The main findings from this research are: 1. Americans across political affiliations are calling for substantial changes to the health care system, including those who are satisfied with their current insurance. 2. Americans across the political spectrum share many of the same goals for health care, beginning with making it […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 31 32 33 34 35 … 54 Older
