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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

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

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance

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

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

Aging Employer Healthcare Health Insurance Medicare Advantage

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

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

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance

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

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

Employer Healthcare Health Insurance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap Part D/Prescription Drugs

Medicare can be an important health care benefit for federal employees at or near retirement

Medicare is the federal health insurance program generally for people who are 65 or older. The different parts of Medicare

Eileen Cook October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 FEHB, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Tricare

Employer Healthcare Health Insurance Prior Authorization

Consumer Problems with Prior Authorization: Evidence from KFF Survey

(By Karen Pollitz, Kaye Pestaina, Lunna Lopes, Rayna Wallace, and Justin Lo for the Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Sep 29,

Eileen Cook October 3, 2023October 3, 2023 Employer Health Insurance, Health Insurance, Prior Authorization

Employer Healthcare Medicare Advantage

These employers offer retired employees Medicare Advantage

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) A judge sided with retirees opposed to the implementation of New York

Eileen Cook August 25, 2023August 25, 2023 Employer Health Insurance, Medicare Advantage, Retirees

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Employer-sponsored insurance costs to rise 8.5% for 2024: Report

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Employers will pay more than $15,000 on average for each employee’s healthcare

Eileen Cook August 23, 2023August 23, 2023 Employer Health Insurance, Health Insurance Premiums, Healthcare Costs

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance Legal Actions/Court Decisions Medicare - General

‘Patients are not hot potatoes’: How the fight over dialysis coverage is putting kidney failure patients at risk

(By Carrie Arnold for ST A T) As soon as she heard the Supreme Court decision, LaVarne Burton began to

Eileen Cook May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 Employer Health Insurance, ERSD, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Outpatient Dialysis Coverage, Supreme Court

Aging Employer Healthcare Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Why some retirees are wary of employer Medicare Advantage plans

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) After a yearslong bureaucratic battle, New York City officials approved an Aetna

Eileen Cook March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Medicare Advantage, Retirees