Breaking News in Healthcare Reform Featured Podcast “‘Managed Care Organizations.’ They use that moniker to mean that they’re supposed to improve care coordination, but really they don’t. Care coordination is impossible when you have these narrow networks.” States Push Back Against […]
Breaking News in Healthcare Reform Featured Podcast “Having just graduated college and working as an intern for a nonprofit, I didn’t have access to health insurance. So my first thought after [the accident] was not to the trauma I just faced […]
Breaking News in Healthcare Reform Featured Podcast “Right now we have a model that prioritizes short-term investor profit over patient care. And those incentives, because they’re fundamentally not aligned, mean that they’re gonna be in conflict with each other.” The Hidden […]
“Prior authorization may be getting more political attention, but data shows patients — particularly those with chronic conditions that require ongoing medical treatment — continue to face barriers to doctor-recommended care.” Families Scramble To Pay Five-Figure Billsas Clock Ticks on Promised Preauthorization Reforms […]
“Judging by more than 16,400 comments recently posted on a federal government website, you’d think there was a groundswell of older Americans demanding that federal officials hike payments to their Medicare Advantage health insurance plans. Yet about 82% of the comments are identical to […]
“While Minnesotans rose up to oppose the surge in the streets, doctors and nurses have quietly operated informal, underground medical networks, dodging detection to care for patients at home.” As ICE Moved In, MinnesotansSet Up a Shadow Medical System.It’s a Lesson for Other […]
“What is a reasonable price for any health care visit or procedure, and how is it determined? How hard do insurers, the purported stewards of the patient’s hard-earned health dollars, fight to lower charges, and how closely do they scrutinize bills for accuracy?” […]
Breaking News in Healthcare Reform Featured Podcast “The way people respond to cost sharing is either their health takes a hit or their finances take a hit or both – and what is the point of that?” Insured But Still Can’t […]
