Navigating The Medicaid Healthcare System
A lengthy piece with plenty of diagrams to assist in understanding. This brief gauges Medicaid enrollees’ perspectives on their health insurance, based on findings from KFF’s Survey of Consumer Experiences…
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Restoring Faith in America’s Healthcare?
One year later and I am still listening to someone who had worms in his head . . . or did have them or one that was dead. It i…
The REALLY ANNOYING Don’t-Wanna-Subsidize-Wealthy-Kids’-College-Tuition Canard [With fun update!]
…single-payer plan would be in addition to the cost of healthcare now. Actual healthcare, not just insurance premiums. According to Stomberg and the Post’s editorial board then, hospitals, physicians and…
Harry and Louise Now Support Sanders’ Medicare-for-All Plan. With Good Reason.
In the Comments thread today to my post yesterday titled “Clinton Announces When She Will Disclose Her Healthcare Insurance Improvement Plan: She’ll announce it just as soon as the Republican…
Aetna and CVS Merge
Nearly one year after agreeing to merge in a bid to reinvent healthcare for Americans, CVS Health and Aetna sealed the deal on Wednesday, bringing together one of the nation’s…
Veterans Community Care Program is of lower quality, takes longer, and has soaring costs
…Gordon and Steve Early focus on helping veterans secure healthcare. I have talked with Steve previously. Russell Lemle is a Senior Policy Analyst for the Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute. VA’s…
Medicare Advantage Battling CMS over Compensation
Introduction: It appears HHS and CMS are taking action with Medicare Advantage plans and their payments to brokers selling Advantage plans. They allowed Kaiser Family Foundation healthcare to republish a…
Who is Losing Medicaid under Republican’s Bill
…employer-based healthcare insurance.” Which if this were true, why would they take Medicaid? It is far easier and less of a bother, if they could get employer-based healthcare insurance. Someone…
When a Senator Makes Ignorant remarks
…such ignorant remarks about Medicare and healthcare should have his resume prepared. One of Joel’s comments on Facebook which I decided to make a post out of it. Joel: “This…
Single Payer Health Care Financing Presentation – Three Part Series
PNHP, Single Payer Healthcare Financing Series, Kip Sullivan JD Kip Sullivan’s Three Part Presentation on Healthcare Finance Managed Care and Single Payer in Minnesota and the US. Answering the question…