The End of Health Insurance?
Writing in the January 30 New York Times, Zeke Emanuel and Jeffrey Lieberman predict that accountable care organizations … Read more
View ArticleWord for the day: Volatile
Volatile. n. Fickle, inconsistent, easily vaporized. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage finances are going to … Read more
View ArticleIPAB is a four letter word
The House is taking up a bill to remove Medicare’s independent payment advisory board (IPAB) from the Affordable Care … Read more
View ArticleMedicare ACOs: Revolution or Side Show?
CMS Deputy Administrator Jon Blum said last Thursday that the agency expects to double the number of ACOs … Read more
View ArticleI don’t understand. Why don’t Republicans like ObamaCare?
During an interview with Judy Woodruff on the PBS News Hour, Sen. John Cornyn (R, TX) paused in … Read more
View ArticleObama, Ryan, and the Myth of Competition
Both the exchanges at the heart of ObamaCare, and the competing plans in the Ryan Medicare reform proposal … Read more
View ArticleAffordable Care Act and Insurers of Last Resort
From the Detroit News, 9/12/12: Gov. Rick Snyder says his plan to reform Blue Cross Blue Shield of … Read more
View ArticleProviders Eying Medicare Advantage
The March 28 edition of Medicare Advantage News cites a possible trend for provider organizations to sponsor their … Read more
View ArticleHealth Insurance Premium Guessing Game
Health insurance issuers are generating enough fodder for a good guessing game. Will Obamacare increase rates for individual … Read more
View ArticleMedicare Essential – Is this the future of Medicare?
According to The Hill’s Elise Viebeck President Obama is receptive to combining Medicare Part A (in-patient hospital) and … Read more
View ArticleBig News: A Health Care Cost Indicator Went *DOWN*. AGAIN!
The national average bid for Medicare Part D drug coverage is going down, again. Since 2011, the average … Read more
View ArticlePay me now or pay me later: Things to keep in mind when you set your 2014 budget
Back in the ’80’s Fram Oil Filters had an advertising campaign that featured an actor dressed as a … Read more
View ArticleZombies in Washington!
Zombie: (a) a will-less and speechless human only capable of automatic movement who is held to have died … Read more
View ArticlePass through payment cuts to providers?
The Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) has teeth. Says CMS: “Eligible professionals who do not satisfactorily report … Read more
View ArticleHobby Lobby and Corporate Person-hood
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday, in the Hobby Lobby case, that requiring family-owned corporations to pay for … Read more
View ArticleHigh Performance Health Plan Networks
A Milliman report commissioned by AHIP finds that narrower, high value provider networks can help reduce premiums from … Read more
View ArticleIt’s silly season again, so let’s sue the President
The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, one of the most senior elected officials in the … Read more
View ArticleAmerican Action Network Promotes Government Subsidies
The American Action Network (AAN), a 501(c)(4) conservative think tank, has published a report that purports to show that … Read more
View ArticleThe Medicare “Doc Fix”
The “doc fix,” as just passed by the House of Representatives, would fix the annual sustainable growth rate … Read more
View ArticleMedicare Essential – Is this the future of Medicare?
According to The Hill’s Elise Viebeck President Obama is receptive to combining Medicare Part A (in-patient hospital) and … Read more
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