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  • Some unions protest Obamacare’s impact on multiemployer health plans
    Posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
    By 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.

  • Does Medicare Overpay Private Plans? The Debate Heats Up
    Posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
    By John Wasik | Medicare NewsGroup
    The debate on whether Medicare Advantage (MA) is reducing health care costs is intensifying.

  • Medicare for All?
    Posted on Friday, May 17, 2013
    By Chuck Thompson | PhillyBurbs.com
    Nearly two years ago, I turned 65 and signed up for Medicare. I was actually dreading this move as one often fears change, particularly when it relates to health care plans. For nearly 16 years, my wife and I operated our own consulting company and paid in excess of $14,000 a year in health care premiums.

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  • Important: Milliman Medical Index now $22,030
    Posted on Thursday, May 23, 2013
    According 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.
  • Insurers dump debt on physicians
    Posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
    This looks like another provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) designed specifically to protect insurers, at least partially, from untoward losses.
  • Evolving Role of Emergency Departments
    Posted on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
    This 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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