Archive for the ‘Health Insurance Premiums’ Category
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
I continue to read countless articles about the various healthcare reform bills that really do not have much to say other than everyone disagrees on how to move forward and whatever happens should cost more than financial bailout. Well, I guess there are tidbits about a public insurance option, increased ...
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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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Monday, August 25th, 2008
At my last employer, an uninsured patient paid the hospital somewhere between 3 and 8 cents on every dollar of revenue. It cost the hospital 40 cents on a dollar of revenue to treat that patient. Although small, the hospital still turned a profit last year. How? The managed care ...
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