WHAT THE TRUSTEES REPORT REALLY MEANS…REALLY “DOING THE MATH”
…be mathematically deduced from the 2020 Report. The 2020 Report says that Social Security is now not in “short range financial adequacy”. This means that ten years from now the…
…be mathematically deduced from the 2020 Report. The 2020 Report says that Social Security is now not in “short range financial adequacy”. This means that ten years from now the…
Dennis Smith writes in the Ohio Capital Journal: While the U.S. Capitol was placed under assault some months ago, public education has been targeted for forty years, when Ronald Reagan…
…of Marx and Veblen to the literature in the archives. What I am interested in here is the adequacy of Veblen’s critique of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous waste to Marcuse’s…
…Security “fails the test of short term financial adequacy.” This means the Trust Fund falls below 100% of prudent reserves within ten years. This is not necessarily a real problem,…
…counsel a road map covering 5 issues towards adequacy, and told them to have the information to her by close of business Friday. When they still didn’t quite do that,…
…when plans claim “network adequacy,” “secret shopper” surveys have found that a high percentage of “network” providers are not actually accepting new patients with that plan. We urge CMS to…
…used for this work, despite repeated requests, we were unable to draw a conclusion as to the adequacy of the consent process,” the researchers concluded. That approach angers Strong, who…
…switching to traditional Medicare among seriously ill beneficiaries, prior authorization denials, and network adequacy. Beneficiaries Do Not Use Star Ratings to Make Choices Research shows that beneficiaries do not use…
…And there is evidence that there is some skimping on needed care. When we look at the limited data we can get on pre-authorization barriers, coverage denials, and network inadequacy,…
…of adequacy to millions who would have lacked access prior to its establishment and expansion under ARPA. This particular form of market dysfunction should be easy to eradicate. The ACA…