A new study by a leading firm offering Health Savings Accounts shows that 43% of those purchasing the new accounts since January 1 were previously uninsured. The study released June 21 by Assurant Health, a national health insurance carrier that focuses on individual and small group policies, shows that the new accounts are appealing to those who previously were shut out of the insurance market, … [Read more...] about Health Savings Accounts: Early experience shows broad appeal
Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care ? Health Benefits Reform Meeting in Washington ? Shadegg to Introduce CHOICE Act ? Herzlinger in Harvard Business Review ? Head in the Sand Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care Once again, I need to apologize for missing a week. I think you'll understand when I tell you how busy things have been. … [Read more...] about Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care
Promises and Pitfalls
The Senate and drug importation: A bill (S. 2328) sponsored by Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) is yet another based upon the fiction that the Food and Drug Administration could set up a system to assure the safety of massive imports of prescription drugs from Canada and eventually dozens of other countries. The bill has bi-partisan support from people like Sen. Trent Lott … [Read more...] about Promises and Pitfalls
Hospitals Are Coming Under Growing Pressure to Charge the Uninsured Reasonable Prices
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Hospital Price Transparency in Harvard Business Review ? Hospitals Resist Charging Uninsured Reasonable Fees ? Consejo to Testify Before Energy & Commerce Committee ? Robert Kuttner in Business Week and the Boston Globe ? An Honest Look at the Individual Market Need for Hospital Price Transparency in Harvard Business Review The "Boston Globe" has a write-up of a new … [Read more...] about Hospitals Are Coming Under Growing Pressure to Charge the Uninsured Reasonable Prices
Hospitals Are Coming Under Growing Pressure to Charge the Uninsured Reasonable Prices
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Hospital Price Transparency in Harvard Business Review ? Hospitals Resist Charging Uninsured Reasonable Fees ? Consejo to Testify Before Energy & Commerce Committee ? Robert Kuttner in Business Week and the Boston Globe ? An Honest Look at the Individual Market Need for Hospital Price Transparency in Harvard Business Review The "Boston Globe" has a write-up of … [Read more...] about Hospitals Are Coming Under Growing Pressure to Charge the Uninsured Reasonable Prices
AMA Documents Health Plan Market Concentration
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Consumer Choice Community ? Galen Briefing on June 18th - Physicians Respond ? Insurance Department Wants to Regulate Retainer Medicine ? AMA Documents Health Plan Market Concentration ? Most Favored Nation Clauses Scrutinized by FTC ? Health Plans Publishing Prices Consumer Choice Community For five years I have been running a ListServ on Health Benefits Reform (HBR). … [Read more...] about AMA Documents Health Plan Market Concentration
AMA Documents Health Plan Market Concentration
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Consumer Choice Community ? Galen Briefing on June 18th - Physicians Respond ? Insurance Department Wants to Regulate Retainer Medicine ? AMA Documents Health Plan Market Concentration ? Most Favored Nation Clauses Scrutinized by FTC ? Health Plans Publishing Prices Consumer Choice Community For five years I have been running a ListServ on Health Benefits … [Read more...] about AMA Documents Health Plan Market Concentration
The Truth About the Medicare Drug Discount Card
Click here to view Grace-Marie Turner's PowerPoint presentation on "The Truth About the Medicare Drug Discount Card." … [Read more...] about The Truth About the Medicare Drug Discount Card