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Direct Primary/Concierge Care Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance

Eileen Cook October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 Health Care Redesign, Healthcare Costs, Primary Care, Small Employers

Smaller Employers Weigh a Big-Company Fix for Scarce Primary Care: Their Own Clinics

(By Phil Galewitz for KFF Health News) With his company’s health costs soaring and his workers struggling with high blood

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook October 26, 2023October 26, 2023 Employer Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, High-deductible health plan

High-deductible health plan growth stalls

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The proportion of people with employer-sponsored insurance enrolled in high-deductible health plans is

CMS DHS -OIG Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook October 24, 2023October 24, 2023 CMS, DHS-OIG, Healthcare Costs, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Overpayments

4 recent Medicare Advantage overpayment cases

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Cigna Group will pay over $170 million to settle allegations of Medicare

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance M4A and Public Option Plans

Eileen Cook October 23, 2023 Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, universal basic health care coverage.

Fixing America’s health insurance woes is ‘actually very simple,’ says leading economist

(By Annalisa Merelli for STAT) Fixing the U.S. health care system can seem like a herculean task. But the solution

Aging Employer Healthcare Health Insurance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook October 20, 2023 Employer Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

More large employers consider adding Medicare Advantage

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The number of firms offering retiree health benefits through Medicare Advantage has risen

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 Employer Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, High-deductible health plan

Benchmark Survey: Annual Family Premiums for Employer Coverage Rise 7% to Nearly $24,000 in 2023; Workers Contribute $6,575 on Average Now, But Potentially More Soon

(By Craig Palosky, KFF for Kaiser Family Foundation published October 18, 2023) Amid rising inflation, annual family premiums for employer-sponsored

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook October 18, 2023October 18, 2023 Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

An Overview of the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit

(Source – Kaiser Family Foundation published October 17, 2023) Medicare Part D is a voluntary outpatient prescription drug benefit for

CMS Health Care - General Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook October 16, 2023October 16, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Open enrollment, Medicare Part D

Medicare Enrollees Can Switch Coverage Now. Here’s What’s New and What to Consider

(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News) Consumers know it’s fall when stores start offering Halloween candy and flu shots

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, IRMAA, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

2024 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles

(Source – cms.gov) On October 12, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2024 premiums, deductibles,

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 ACA, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Insurance Subsidies, Healthcare Costs

Explaining Health Care Reform: Questions About Health Insurance Subsidies

(Source – The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Oct 06, 2023) Health insurance is expensive and can be hard to afford