Reinhardt: Repeal Health Care, Make GOP Cut Costs
Health economist Uwe Reinhardt critiques the new health care law, talks about cost containment and gives his reasons why a single-payer system health system couldn't work in America.
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Opinion Column
If Employers Walked Away From Health Coverage
What would happen if the rank and file of America's employers, financially overwhelmed by the burden associated with sponsoring health coverage, suddenly opted not to? It's an idea that is not so far-fetched.
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Obama Administration Clashes With Insurers Over Controlling Costs
One day after unveiling new minimum medical spending rules for health plans, Obama administration officials took insurers to task for claiming premium increases result from the new law.
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Scorecard: How Health Industry PACs Placed Their Election Bets
Health-sector PACs - ranging from doctors to hospitals to drug companies - generally favored incumbent Democrats, according to a KHN analysis. Two doctor groups backed more Republicans.
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Health PAC Giving: A Report Card On The Tightest Races
KHN analyzed 20 health-sector political action committees' direct contributions to individual candidates in the 94 most competitive congressional races to determine the PACs' win-loss records.
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Retirees Can Find Insuring Young Adult Children Difficult
Medicare doesn't cover dependents, and many private retiree health plans are not affected by the new health law so they can kick young adults out after school ends.
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Health On The Hill Transcript: Medical Loss Ratio, Doc Fix
HHS released regulations on the medical loss ratio, a provision in the health law that requires insurers spend at least 80 percent of premium dollars of health care. Meanwhile, before the Senate adjourned for Thanksgiving it passed a one-month 'patch' to prevent physicians who see Medicare patients from having their payments reduced.
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New Law’s Health Insurance Regulations Could Mean Rebates For Consumers
Millions of Americans might be eligible for rebates starting in 2012 under regulations released Monday detailing the health care law's requirement that insurers spend at least 80 percent of their revenue on direct medical care.
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‘Don’t Litigate, Innovate.’ How To Implement A Fully Funded Alternative To The New Health Care Overhaul — And It’s Already In The Law
What if a Republican governor and a Republican legislature had the ability to implement their version of health insurance reform and the federal government would have to pay for it? It's a great idea. And I'm thrilled to say that a bi-partisan bill has already been introduced in the Senate by Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Scott Brown, R-Mass., that would help facilitate exactly this end.
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Health Industry Cool To Complete Repeal Of Reform Law
Republicans in Congress say their priority for next year is to build momentum for an eventual repeal of the new health law. But they could be in for a surprise: While repeal may be popular with Republican voters, the GOP could face pushback from some allies in the health care industry.
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Opinion Column
The Texas Medicaid Scenario — Why It’s Never Going To Happen
Withdrawing from Medicaid would be political suicide. Despite post-election bluster, no governor or legislature will seriously attempt such a maneuver because of the related administrative, economic and organizational difficulties.
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Compared To Other Countries, U.S. Patients Have More Access To Specialists, Less To Primary Care
A new study finds that U.S. consumers report greater access to specialty health care but also have a tougher time seeing a doctor on the day they need help than consumers in many of other Western countries.
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Vulnerable Democrat Looks For Alternatives To Health Insurance Mandate
Facing what could be a tough reelection fight in 2012, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., is looking for politically safer alternatives to the individual insurance mandate that takes effect in 2014.
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Administration Unexpectedly Expands Bonus Payments For Medicare Advantage Plans
The Obama administration will spend up to $1.3 billion to extend special payments -- meant to reward top-performing insurers -- to those that score only average ratings.
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New Medicare/Medicaid Projects Aimed At Cheaper, Better Care
The new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation launched Tuesday a series of initiatives aimed at improving care while reducing its cost.
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Health Reform Advocates Make Voices Heard In Federal Court Case
Friday was the last day for people with something to say about the new federal health law to file briefs in the huge multistate lawsuit in Florida challenging its constitutionality and supporters as well as opponents chimed in.
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Dr. Donald Berwick – A Resource Guide
Dr. Donald Berwick, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is well-liked and known as a passionate advocate for improving the health care system. Some Republicans accuse him of favoring health care rationing - a charge Democrats dismiss as nonsense.
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Text: Berwick’s Prepared Testimony – ‘I Pledge To Be Open And Transparent’
Tomorrow, Dr. Donald Berwick, the adminstrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is scheduled to testify before the Senate Committee on Finance. Here is an advance copy of his prepared statement.
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Many Individual Health Policies Do Not Cover Pregnancy
Families buying insurance on their own often find that the plans do not cover any of the usual expenses associated with having a baby.
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Opinion Column
Health Care — Tell Us The Truth Before You Tell Us Why You Are Right
We need more proposals like those being made by the President's deficit reduction commission, and the Medicare reform proposal authored by Republican House members Ryan, Cantor, and McCarthy. Irrespective of whether they are the best proposals, their authors started from a place where they told the truth.