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If certain steps are taken, the next round of reform could make health insurance portable, affordable and fair.
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If certain steps are taken, the next round of reform could make health insurance portable, affordable and fair.
The real problem facing our emergency care system is not overuse, it's the lack of a financial and administrative infrastructure to properly support it.
One of the nation's largest health insurers said today it is testing a new way to pay for some cancer treatments, aiming to identify the best medicines
Some Democrats are talking about health care in their elections in a new way: send us to Washington to fix parts of the health care bill that you don't like. Meanwhile, oral arguments in a Virginia court case challenging the law's requirement that individuals purchase health care insurance are proceeding in court.
Prominent hospitals and networks, especially those in the San Francisco Bay Area, can keep raising prices beyond inflation because their sizes or reputations give them clout in negotiating rates with insurers, researchers say. Yet high prices don't always equate with superior care.
The Heritage Foundation's analysis of the impact of health reform shows that different assumptions could put a tremendous amount of pressure on an already soaring national debt.
Hospitals play an enormous role in the health care system; they're a crucial part of the public health safety net and an important community resource. But they are expensive. Hospital costs make up the largest portion of the health spending in this country.
One in six doctors works for a hospital, and the number is quickly growing. Both sides benefit: hospitals get a steady stream of patients and doctors say they can practice medicine without worrying about the hassles of running a private practice.
People who live in long-term care are much more likely to be sent to the hospital, sometimes unnecessarily, which can harm patients and drive up Medicare costs.
Workers are likely to see increases in premiums, deductibles and co-payments, as well as changes in dependent coverage and wellness options.
The Department of Health and Human Services has granted approximately 30 waivers to employers, insurers and unions that will allow them to offer limited benefit, or "mini-med," health insurance plans.
From medical device makers to pharmacists to labor unions, a host of organizations want to ensure that accountable care organizations expand their business and influence.
Mark Rukavina of The Access Project and Neil Trautwein of the National Retail Federation discuss the Obama administration's relaxation of the health law's requirements for insurance plans for some employers.
It will take years to make the law's most important changes. But by the time they are in place, if all goes well, most Americans truly will be better off. The early stages are encouraging.
The Obama administration has touted ACOs as a key way that the new health law will help providers work more closely together to lower health costs and improve patient care. But doctors and hospitals are worried about inadvertently violating antitrust and anti-fraud laws. Insurers fear the new doctor-hospital entities could boost health care prices. Industry and government officials are meeting Tuesday to deal with the concerns.
As the November elections near, more Democrats appear to be campaigning on the health care law, touting a package of consumer protections that went into effect for plan years starting after Sept. 23.
While the federal government is investing heavily in anti-fraud efforts, private insurers should be given incentives to do the same.
Healthcare.gov, the website created by the new health law to be a one-stop consumer resource, today unveiled detailed cost and benefits information about health plans available in the individual insurance market.
Doctors could save lives by prescribing cheap beta blockers to surgery patients at risk of heart attacks.
The development of this draft rule is not a contest with winners and losers, but an effort to create a framework to press insurers to spend less money on bureaucracy and more on health care in a way that benefits consumers and keeps insurance markets viable.
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