What the voters think about Health Care in this election cycle
Wall Street Journal’s Drew Altman draws some interesting conclusions from a Kaiser Family Foundation poll on issues of importance to
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Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Medicare’s ACO improvements get a thumbs up
Changes in savings evaluation methods employed by the Centers for Medicare And Medicaid Services (CMS) drew praise from major healthcare
Read MoreIRS Could Help Find Many Uninsured People, But Doesn’t
(By – Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News) Nearly a third of people without health insurance, about 10 million, live in
Read MoreUnitedHealth Tries Boutique-Style Health Plan
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) AUSTELL, Ga. — UnitedHealthcare is betting $65 million that it can profit by
Read MoreAnother Consequence of Obamacare
Insurance agents are seeing their commissions cut or eliminated by insurers trying to keep the insurance rates down. Insurers agree
Read MoreSupreme Court Asks For More Information In Birth Control Case
(By Julie Rovner for Kaiser Health News) An apparently deadlocked Supreme Court is asking lawyers in a closely watched health
Read MoreHow Much is the Insurance Regulations Costing You?
Under Obamacare’s insurance regulations, younger adults with the least expensive plans will see their premium rates increased by 44 percent
Read MoreSome Thoughts of Fixing Medicare
Medicare–like Social Security–is on a path to deplete its cash reserves even quicker than Social Security, yet it doesn’t seem
Read MoreHaving Trouble Paying Medical Bills, You are Not Alone
Despite passage of healthcare reform laws, forty-three percent of insured adults in the state of Massachusetts state health care costs still
Read MoreDo All the Hospital’s Doctors Accept Your Insurance? If Not, You May Get the Bill.
A young athlete is hurt during a sporting event and is taken to nearby in-network hospital for emergency surgery; the
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