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This letter was written in response to Jordan Rau’s story, Concerns About Costs Rise With Hopices’ Use, which was published by Kaiser Health News and the New York Times on June 27.
The administration sets a second premium reduction hoping to entice more enrollees.
Large health insurers are trying to curb rising costs by gaining control over those who provide care: doctors.
New rules limiting the shifts first-year medical residents can work in hospitals take effect today, but they won’t end the debate over the pros and cons of 24-hour workdays.
June 30 was the day when Medicaid’s enhanced federal matching rates expires, leaving states struggling to sustain health care’s safety net. A sensible solution would be for Congress to simply extend the supplemental funds.
Focus groups evaluate standardized, plain English forms that plans may have to provide customers starting next March.
