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Health Policy
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No shift to part-time work seen (yet) under ACA
Remember all those stories about people being shifted into part-time work so their employers don’t have to provide health insurance?…
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Worries abound about second ACA enrollment season
The second ACA enrollment season begins Nov. 15 – after the Congressional elections. While it’s hard to imagine problems worse…
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California reverses course on pediatric dental coverage
Last year about this time, we were reading about Covered California’s decision to require parents seeking pediatric dental coverage on…
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Will increased revenue at for-profit hospitals lead more states to expand Medicaid?
Will large hospital systems start to pressure officials in the states that have not expanded Medicaid now that their revenues…
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Thousands face Friday deadline to document citizenship, immigration status for federal marketplace
Friday is the deadline for some 350,000 people who have yet to document their citizenship/legal residency for their health insurance…
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More on understanding – and unearthing – health care costs
The post we did on Clear Health Costs got a lot of positive reaction so we asked the team involved…
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How to understand 2015 exchange plan insurance rate changes
It’s rate increase season, and as we head into the second ACA enrollment season, it’s hard to understand why some…
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Six (or more) things to remember when reporting on health care costs
Health care costs lack transparency and are wildly variable, not just from region to region but sometimes from block to…
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Webcast: How value-based insurance design breaks down financial barriers to care
Covering health care requires writing about the cost of care. Determining if costs are rising or falling and by how…
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ACA rules force health insurers to increase spending on care delivery
A new report on how health insurers are complying with the medical loss ratio rules shows insurers spent more on…