…Silver plans. 85 percent of people who bought Obamacare insurance got a tax credit. Kaiser Family Foundation Vice president Larry Levitt: “The CBO analysis makes it clear. The ending cost-sharing…

…they are. Premium and Deductible Increase Charts and key thoughts after the leap Some key thoughts: Inpatient Hospital: Eighty-five percent of covered workers faced cost sharing if they were hospitalized…

…proposed rule would require health plans, including employer-based plans, and group and individual plans, to inform participants, beneficiaries and enrollees about price and cost-sharing information ahead of time. The agency…

…jobs. According to Trump’s proposal, before privatization can happen, the Postal Service must show that it can be profitable, so it needs to cut costs on delivery, wages, benefits, and…

…sharing based on “health outcomes.” A new CMS project allowed up to ten states to apply and then establish “health-continent wellness programs.” The state programs would let insurers vary premiums…

Professors Piketty, Saez, and Zucman! Have a minute? A minute to talk about rentiers, retirement, growth, and sharing? Thanks. Seems some sixty-percent of Americans think that things are going pretty…

…secretary would clarify Medicaid policy stating the HAO waiver proposals are unacceptable. Reverse Policies That Cut Benefits Implementing 1115-Waivers policies allow increased Medicaid cost sharing and limits on benefits and…

…evangelism. One of my long-running frustrations with ecological economics and the degrowth movement has been its default treatment of work-time reduction as primarily a work-sharing strategy. I have nothing against…

…consumer cost sharing will likely continue. Higher deductibles and cost sharing are often touted as ways for individuals to have “skin in the game” in health care costs and to help…

…raising patient cost-sharing requirements. Manufacturers are investing in programs that help patients and physician practices navigate administrative controls and help patients meet cost-sharing obligations. More nonsense We Can All Benefit…