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Posted on Friday, May 24, 2013By Pippa Abston, M.D. | Pippa Abston’s blog
Well. From the beginning, I have been telling you all that the so called “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” is neither protective nor affordable to patients. -
Posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013By Kay Tillow | Firedoglake
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, also known as Obamacare, presents challenges to the multiemployer plans through which some unions bargain collectively to provide health care insurance for their members. These plans, often called Taft-Hartley plans, currently cover about 26 million workers, families, and retirees. Unless there is a major regulatory change made by Health and Human Services, these union negotiated plans will be struck a harsh blow once the exchanges go into effect in 2014. -
Posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013By John Wasik | Medicare NewsGroup
The debate on whether Medicare Advantage (MA) is reducing health care costs is intensifying.
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Posted on Thursday, May 23, 2013According to the Milliman Medical Index (MMI), the average projected cost for health care today for the typical family of four with an employer-sponsored preferred provider plan (PPO) is $22,030. That includes an employee contribution to the premium of $5,544, out-of-pocket expenses of $3,600, both totaling $9,144, plus an employer contribution of $12,886 which is actually paid by the employee through forgone wage increases.
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Posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013This looks like another provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) designed specifically to protect insurers, at least partially, from untoward losses.
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Posted on Tuesday, May 21, 2013This RAND Health report provides an excellent perspective on how emergency departments (EDs) have evolved into institutions providing a greater central role in health care delivery. It is a particularly valuable report because it sets aside many misperceptions about ED functions - misperceptions that can lead to flawed policy recommendations.
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