Tag: health insurance

People in High-Deductible Plans Short-Change Prevention

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Rep. Paul Ryan yesterday unveiled an updated…

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New Regulation Threatens Agents, HSA Plans

HHS recently issued its final standards on how to rebate money from…

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Is Easy-to-Understand Health Insurance Even Possible?

I was hit between the eyes by a recent essay by Drew…

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Pay-for-Performance Attacks Hospitals – Shake Down or Fair Play

This blog has tried to support the virtue of personal responsibility. If…

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Insurance Reform Goes Crazy

While the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) was rolling out a…

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Price Controls Can Be Deadly

A 2003 law fixes the price Medicare will pay for injected drugs…

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The Buck Doesn’t Stop Here

America's Health Insurance Plans commissioned consulting firm Oliver Wyman to make some…

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More Explanation of the Explanation of Benefits (EOB)

A few weeks ago I parsed an Explanation of Benefits (EOB) I…

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Myth Busters #11: Mandated Benefits

As I said in my last “Myth Busters” post, the health policy…

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New Insurance Rate Reporting Tool Goes Live Online

The implementation of health reform is a lengthy process, but I think…

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