by Sylvia Moore | Aug 14, 2014 | News
Obamacare premiums to rise a modest 4.2% in 2015 By Stuart Pfeifer, Chad Terhune, Soumya Karlamangla Los Angeles Times, July 31, 2014 Defying an industry trend of double-digit rate hikes, California officials said the more than 1.2 million consumers in the state-run...
by Andrew McGuire | Sep 28, 2011 | News
by nyceve As the debate played out during the contentious summer of 2009 before the passage of the Affordable Care Act, many were deeply concerned that the insurance industry would escalate its war against the American people. We feared and predicted even more...
by Andrew McGuire | May 31, 2011 | News
by Pippa Abston MD, PhD, FAAP Recently, Paul Krugman took on the use of the word “consumer” as applied to patients, in his blog post “Patients are not consumers” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/opinion/22krugman.html?_r=1. You should read it, and then come back...
by Andrew McGuire | Mar 29, 2011 | News
Health Insurers Respond To Reform By Snapping Up Less-Regulated Businesses By Christopher Weaver Kaiser Health News March 19, 2011 Here’s one change few were talking about when the health overhaul law passed: It’s sent insurers – worried the law...
by Andrew McGuire | Feb 28, 2011 | News
Single payer offers financing of universal, comprehensive healthcare services, meaning eye doctors, dentists, and bulk-purchased pharmaceuticals, as well as “common” medical services. Health insurers offer stylized financial concoctions (plans) of care...