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The Nature of Health Insurance

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Drew Altman from the Kaiser Foundation (http://www.kff.org/pullingittogether/093008_altman.cfm) does a nice job of tactfully raising the question whether it is better for the nation if employers and individuals shift to more catastrophic forms of health insurance (think high deductible) or whether the view that comprehensive coverage is the key to access ...

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Cost Trends Moderate but Shift to Consumer Plans on the Rise

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

See this recent article posted by the Associated Press: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HEALTH_INSURANCE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-09-24-13-36-36 Consumer directed health plans jumped by 50% to 18% of total plans in the AP survey. Employers are finding consumer directed plans or some sort of risk sharing to be their only option for controlling costs. In either case, Compass provides the plan design ...

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The Doctor is In: Free Samples Driving Up Costs

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

One month's supply of Cozaar--$59. One month's supply of generic Lisinopril--$4. Ninety-five percent of patients on Cozaar could be on Lisinopril instead. However, the majority of the patients I see in the hospital who have high blood pressure have been put on a class of medications called ARBs (Cozaar is an ARB) by ...

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The Nature of Health Insurance

Cost Trends Moderate but Shift to Consumer Plans on the Rise

The Doctor is In: Free Samples Driving Up Costs

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