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insurance
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How one reporter strikes balance between policy, politics
Given the recent discussion on the AHCJ discussion list and elsewhere about the right balance between covering the politics of the…
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What to watch for when insurers announce premium rate requests this month
Insurers are preparing to announce their premium rates for 2015. To learn how insurers set rates, Families USA and Consumers…
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Here’s why specialty pharmaceuticals need value-based insurance design
This spring, Gilead Sciences Inc. introduced Solvaldi, a drug that could cure the liver virus that causes hepatitis C. The…
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Costs keep going up for small businesses insuring their employees
Ideastream’s Sarah Jane Tribble took a look at how small businesses that voluntarily cover their workers could be in for…
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High interest in reference pricing: Who knew? Uwe Reinhardt for one
Last summer, Uwe E. Reinhardt, a health policy expert and economics professor at Princeton (and keynote speaker at Health Journalism…
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Employers are tweaking benefits to control costs
A new report from Milliman, the actuarial firm, shows employers’ health care costs rose only 5.4 percent since last year.…
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Analysis: Giving price data to wider audience would save $100 billion in 10 years
Most health care price transparency efforts are aimed at giving patients more information on costs at the point of care.…
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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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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…