Author Frequently asked questions. 534 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 45 46 47 48 49 … 54 Older 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 A Medicare for All monopsony would get the prices right July 31, 2019 By Jillian Chown, David Dranove, Craig Garthwaite, and Jordan Keener National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2019 Abstract Perhaps more than any other sector of the economy, healthcare depends on government resources. As a result, many healthcare systems rely on the use of government monopsony power to decrease spending. The United States is a notable […] Quote of the Day The challenges of a Medicare public option for the private insurance market July 30, 2019 By Reed Abelson The New York Times, July 29, 2019 It seems a simple enough proposition: Give people the choice to buy into Medicare, the popular federal insurance program for those over 65. Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is one of the Democratic presidential contenders who favor this kind of buy-in, often called […] Quote of the Day What can we learn from Kamala Harris’ position on private insurance? July 29, 2019 KAMALA HARRIS’ PLAN FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL KAMALA HARRIS FOR THE PEOPLE, July 29, 2019 (excerpts) Medicare for All will provide every individual in America with access to comprehensive health care. HOW DOES THIS PLAN WORK AND HOW WILL WE TRANSITION TO MEDICARE FOR ALL? Under my Medicare for All plan, we will immediately allow […] Quote of the Day Ed Weisbart: Managed care is a model that’s had its day. July 26, 2019 By Ed Weisbart, M.D., C.P.E., F.A.A.F.P. American Association for Physician Leadership, July 25, 2019 In the nearly ten years since I retired as chief medical officer for a large pharmacy benefit manager, it seems my perspective has shifted. Before I left, I remember a discussion bemoaning the public’s increasingly critical view of managed care. We […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 45 46 47 48 49 … 54 Older
