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Tag Archives: insurance
Medicare advantage costs often exceed traditional Medicare costs
From the Commonwealth Fund: Health plans participating in Medicare Advantage (MA), the private insurance option for Medicare beneficiaries, have long been paid considerably more to provide coverage of hospital and physician services than what the government spends to deliver the same benefits … Continue reading
Posted in Law & public policy
Tagged health insurance, insurance, Medicare, research
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The million-dollar workplace wellness heart attack screen
From the Health Affairs blog: Three years after wellness was hailed as perhaps the only truly bipartisan component of the Affordable Care Act, both lay and trade commentators have begun observing that the assumptions behind it were incorrect while downsides were overlooked. As a predictable result, savings have … Continue reading
Posted in Utilization
Tagged health behavior, health care reform, health policy, insurance
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Millions still lack affordable coverage, but young adult gains bode brighter future
From the Commonwealth Fund: Eighty-four million people―nearly half of all working-age U.S. adults―went without health insurance for a time last year or were underinsured because of high out-of-pocket costs relative to income, according to a new study based on findings … Continue reading
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Tagged health care reform, health disparities, health policy, insurance
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The Massachusetts experience with health insurance exchanges
From Health Affairs: In six months, open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces will begin around the country. Massachusetts’ experience has proven to be instructive. In 2006, the state created an insurance exchange, called the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority. … Continue reading
Does your health insurance company support your local farmer?
From our friends at Mind the Science Gap, a new post today on farming, CSA’a and insurance companies (yes, you read that right): Unlikely Heroes in the U.S. Food System. As always, read, enjoy, and comment!
Health care for the disabled and the Affordable Care Act
From the Health Affairs blog: Among its myriad elements, the Affordable Care Act contains a breakthrough provision that, if implemented, could dramatically alter the way that health insurance coverage works for persons with disabilities. [PPACA § 1302(b)(4)(B)] This provision applicable … Continue reading
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Tagged health care reform, health disparities, insurance
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California sets standard deductibles, copays for insurance plans
From the Kaiser Health News blog: California on Wednesday became the first state to standardize health insurance plans under the federal health law, which regulators say will make shopping for health insurance easier when new online marketplaces begin enrolling customers … Continue reading
Federally facilitated insurance exchanges – A new health policy brief
A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation explores the issues facing the federal government and the states in the establishment and operation of federally facilitated health insurance exchanges. These are the exchanges that will be created … Continue reading
Reducing waste in health care – A new Health Policy Brief
A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examines waste in US health care. Estimates are that more than a third of annual US health spending may be wasteful. A September 2012 Institute of Medicine report estimated … Continue reading
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Tagged health care reform, health policy, insurance, utilization, waste
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Nurse practitioners and primary care
Both Health Affairs and the New York Times (in the Fixes blog) are talking about a greater use of nurse practitioners in health care. From the Health Affairs blog: A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson … Continue reading
Posted in community health
Tagged health behavior, health care quality, health disparities, health policy, insurance, utilization
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