Medicare-for-All and Public Plan Buy-In Proposals: Overview and Key Issues
(By Tricia Neuman, Karen Pollitz and Jennifer Tolbert for Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation) Medicare-for-All, an approach championed most recently
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Health Care Redesign
Doctors Give Medicare’s Proposal To Pay For Telemedicine Poor Prognosis
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) The Trump administration wants Medicare for the first time to embrace telemedicine across
Read MoreSpurred By Convenience, Millennials Often Spurn The ‘Family Doctor’ Model
(By Sandra G. Boodman for Kaiser Health News) Calvin Brown doesn’t have a primary care doctor — and the peripatetic
Read MoreThe Health Care Choices Proposal
According to the Center for Health and Economy, the Health Care Choices Proposal which replaces Obamacare entitlements with grants to
Read MoreHigh-Deductible Health Plans Fall From Grace In Employer-Based Coverage
(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) With workers harder to find and Obamacare’s tax on generous coverage postponed, employers
Read MoreA Tough Negotiator Proves Employers Can Bargain Down Health Care Prices
(By Marshall Allen for ProPublica and co-published by NPR) Marilyn Bartlett took a deep breath, drew herself up to her full
Read MoreBuyer Beware: New Cheaper Insurance Policies May Have Big Coverage Gaps
(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) If you’re looking for cheaper health insurance, a whole host of new options will hit
Read MoreBy cutting out the middlemen, companies are experimenting with new models for health coverage
Walmart, General Motors and other companies are changing the way we pay for health care by cutting out the middlemen.
Read MoreBCBS of Michigan to pay members up to $550 for healthcare shopping
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will pay more than 520,000 policyholders for
Read MoreMedicare Eases Readmission Penalties Against Safety-Net Hospitals
(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) On orders from Congress, Medicare is easing up on its annual readmission penalties
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