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Insurance
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Use site’s data on silver plans on state, D.C. exchanges
Want to know everything about premiums, networks, deductibles, cost-sharing and out-of-pocket limits for all 7,000-plus silver plans on exchanges in…
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Report suggests applying value-based insurance design to high-deductible health plans
For years, health policy experts have asked whether high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) with health savings accounts (HSAs) cause some patients…
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Report shows reference pricing could save employers $9.4 billion
If all employers adopted reference pricing for certain health care services, the potential total savings could reach $9.4 billion, according…
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How recent changes are leading to hidden hospital fees
Daniel Chang wrote a piece for The Miami Herald on some of the hidden hospital fees that can take patients by surprise – and…
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What we know – and don’t know – about Marketplace enrollment
We posted yesterday on what we knew about enrollment as we waited for the updated HHS report – which of course…
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Research: Price transparency could save billions in health care costs
It’s widely assumed that when patients have more information about the cost of care they drive down health care costs…
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Looking ahead to new ACA enrollment numbers
I keep waiting for the final official HHS report on enrollment and the state and demographic breakdowns, but since we…
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Experts warn against ‘one-size-fits-all’ health care, benefits
So many health care strategies are aimed at controlling costs that we may be missing the point about value. The…
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Drilling down into numbers uncovers Marketplace glitch
Ten days before the (expected) close of open enrollment, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the federal exchange’s window-shopping tool – the one…
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Using data from exchanges, journalists report on the true cost of health insurance
When the federal and state exchanges opened for business on Oct. 1, 2013, health care journalists found a trove of…