Author Frequently asked questions. 528 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 44 45 46 47 48 … 53 Older Medicare ACO outcomes are indistinguishable from zero August 14, 2019 By Mariétou H. Ouayogodé, PhD, Alexander J. Mainor, JD, MPH, Ellen Meara, PhD, Julie P. W. Bynum, MD, MPH, and Carrie H. Colla, PhD JAMA Network Open, July 12, 2019 Abstract Importance People with complex needs account for a disproportionate amount of Medicare spending, partially because of fragmented care delivered across multiple practitioners and settings. […] Quote of the Day Out-of-network surprise billing quantified August 13, 2019 By Eric C. Sun, MD, PhD; Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD; Jasmin Moshfegh, MA, MSc; Laurence C. Baker, PhD JAMA Internal Medicine, August 12, 2019 Abstract Importance: Although surprise medical bills are receiving considerable attention from lawmakers and the news media, to date there has been little systematic study of the incidence and financial consequences […] Quote of the Day People care about coverage, not private plans August 12, 2019 By Jake Johnson Common Dreams, August 9, 2019 A Business Insider poll published Thursday found that most Americans with employer-sponsored health coverage support switching over to Medicare for All, undermining the right-wing narrative that the U.S. public is wedded to private insurance plans. The survey showed that 59 percent of respondents who have employer-provided insurance […] Quote of the Day Timothy Faust: Health Justice Now – a must read August 9, 2019 By Timothy Faust This can all feel like so much. It feels like so much to me! I sit to read or write and the waves batter me and my body feels like a towel, wet and crumpled on the floor; I fall inside myself and wish for some angelic comet to plunge into my […] Quote of the Day Physicians and gun violence August 8, 2019 By Dan Diamond POLITICO Pulse, August 8, 2019 What GOP doctors won’t say about gun violence — They won’t use the same language as the American Medical Association and other health groups, which have insisted that the nearly 40,000 annual deaths from gun violence should be treated as a “public health crisis,” according to a […] Quote of the Day Gross margins for Medicare Advantage plans averaged $1, 608 per person per year August 7, 2019 By Gretchen Jacobson, Rachel Fehr, Cynthia Cox, and Tricia Neuman Kaiser Family Foundation, August 5, 2019 The Medicare Advantage, individual (also known as non-group), and fully-insured group (employer) health insurance markets are three distinctly different markets. Each of these private insurance markets has unique features that affect the profitability for insurers, and which in turn […] Quote of the Day Michael Hiltzik: Health insurance companies are useless. Get rid of them. August 6, 2019 By Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Times, August 5, 2019 The most perplexing aspect of our current debate over healthcare and health coverage is the notion that Americans love their health insurance companies. This bizarre idea surfaced most recently in the hand-wringing over proposals to do away with private coverage advocated by some of the candidates […] Quote of the Day Robert Kuttner explains the irrationality of Harris’ inclusion of Medicare Advantage August 5, 2019 By Robert Kuttner The American Prospect, August 1, 2019 In the extensive jousting over Medicare for All, Kamala Harris has evaded scrutiny for the most insidious aspect of her plan: It significantly expands for-profit insurance at the expense of true Medicare by promoting more use of commercial products spuriously known as “Medicare Advantage” and calling […] Quote of the Day 2019 Milliman Medical Index August 2, 2019 By Chris Girod, FSA, MAAA, Sue Hart, FSA, MAAA, Dave Liner, FSA, CERA, MAAA Tom Snook, FSA, MAAA, Scott Weltz, FSA, MAAA Milliman Research Report, July 2019 In 2019, the cost of healthcare for a hypothetical American family of four covered by an average employer-sponsored preferred provider organization (PPO) plan is $28,386, according to the […] Quote of the Day BREAKING NEWS: The private insurance plans are the problem August 1, 2019 The Case For Eliminating Obsolete Private Health Insurance By Leonard Rodberg & Don McCanne Common Dreams, July 13, 2007 Private health insurance was an idea that worked during part of the last century; it will not succeed through the 21st Century. With jobs increasingly service-based and short-term, the large employment-based risk pools that made this […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 44 45 46 47 48 … 53 Older
