Author Frequently asked questions. 528 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 47 48 49 50 51 … 53 Older People will give up private insurance if they can keep their doctors and hospitals July 2, 2019 Reduced support for single-payer overcome by assurance that Americans would not lose their doctor and hospital By Yusra Murad Morning Consult, July 2, 2019 Though the dividing line between Democratic presidential candidates on “Medicare for All” concerns the elimination of the private insurance market, new Morning Consult data suggests that anxiety among voters may be […] Quote of the Day The manufacturing of biased framing on reform July 1, 2019 How media and polling company adoption of insurance industry spin warps democracy National Economic & Social Rights Initiative Mainstream media and public-opinion polls commonly state that the country has a choice between government and private insurance. This portrayal is inherently biased because it invokes government control while rendering insurance companies invisible, warping democratic discourse and […] Quote of the Day Sources of inertia in health plan choice June 28, 2019 Presenter: Coleman Drake Co-Authors: Conor Ryan; Bryan Dowd 8th Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, June 23-26, 2019 Inertia, the tendency to stay enrolled in a health plan from one year to the next, is a well-documented phenomenon in the health insurance literature. Handel and Kolstad (2015), among others, find that consumers are […] Quote of the Day Garnishing wages for medical debt June 27, 2019 By William E. Bruhn, BS; Lainie Rutkow, JD, PhD, MPH; Peiqi Wang, MD, MPH; Stephen E. Tinker, BS; Christine Fahim, PhD; Heidi N. Overton, MD; Martin A. Makary, MD, MPH JAMA, June 25, 2019 An estimated 20% of US consumers had medical debt in collections in 2014. Medical debt has been increasing with direct patient […] Quote of the Day Out-of-pocket costs increased 14% in 2018 June 26, 2019 By Tara Bannow Modern Healthcare, June 25, 2019 Patients’ out-of-pocket costs for inpatient services increased by 14% on average between 2017 and 2018, according to a new report from TransUnion Healthcare. Revenue-cycle management provider TransUnion revealed its findings Tuesday during the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s annual conference in Orlando, Fla. Last year, patients who received […] Quote of the Day Beware of Medicare Advantage for All June 25, 2019 By Paige Minemyer Fierce Healthcare, June 19, 2019 Cigna chief David Cordani said it’s time to pump the brakes on calls for a healthcare system overhaul like “Medicare for All.” Cordani, speaking at the AHIP Institute & Expo Wednesday, said insurers should hear the underlying message from consumers that their care is often too costly. […] Quote of the Day Single Payer addresses income inequity; public option does not June 24, 2019 By Paul Krugman The New York Times, June 22, 2019 No doubt many wealthy backers of tax cuts for themselves and benefit cuts for others manage to convince themselves that this is in everyone’s interest. People are in general good at that sort of self-delusion. The fact remains that the wealthy, on average, push for […] Quote of the Day Medicare works better when Medigap benefits are added June 21, 2019 By Philip Armour and Claire O’Hanlon National Bureau of Economic Research, February 2019 Abstract A substantial portion of the costs associated with, and the value to beneficiaries of, Social Security Disability Insurance is Medicare eligibility. However, the benefits of this eligibility can vary due to differences in state policies on supplemental Medicare coverage, also known […] Quote of the Day Arkansas’ Medicaid work requirements proved to be detrimental June 20, 2019 By Benjamin D. Sommers, M.D., Ph.D., Anna L. Goldman, M.D., M.P.A., M.P.H., Robert J. Blendon, Sc.D., E. John Orav, Ph.D., and Arnold M. Epstein, M.D. The New England Journal of Medicine, June 19, 2019 As of April 2019, nine states have received approval by means of a federal waiver to implement work requirements in Medicaid, […] Quote of the Day ACOs may not be associated with improvements in spending or quality June 19, 2019 By Adam A. Markovitz, BS; John M. Hollingsworth, MD, MS; John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP; Edward C. Norton, PhD; Phyllis L. Yan, MS; Andrew M. Ryan, PhD Annals of Internal Medicine, June 18, 2019 Abstract Background: Accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) are associated with modest savings. However, prior research […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 47 48 49 50 51 … 53 Older
