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| When Health Care Costs Help Threaten Teachers We Need WBUR For many of us, there comes a moment when the high cost of health care suddenly turns from an abstract public issue into a deeply personal one. Often, it's an astronomical out-of-pocket medical bill. Or a family calculation that the price of health ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Survey: Kaiser tops in customer satisfaction for health insurance Los Angeles Times Oakland-based Kaiser is the state's largest health plan and it had a 40% share of California's $59-billion health insurance market in 2011, according to Citigroup data. Anthem Blue Cross, a unit of industry giant WellPoint Inc., was second with a 23 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Let free market trim health care costs: Your Say USA TODAY The free market can't be expected to work in health care without price transparency. There should be one set of costs, not one for insurer A and one for insurer B. Standard fees for standardized procedures will save providers money and simplify claims ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Study shows consumer interest in state health insurance exchanges Albuquerque Business First Forty-eight percent of health plan members say they are interested on shopping on the exchanges - online marketplaces – that are supposed to be operational in October. Of those whose employer offers only one health plan, 50 percent say they might shop ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Michigan hospitals push for Medicaid expansion, health care exchange MLive.com hospital.jpg Michigan hospitals spent more than $1.8 billion on uncompensated health care in fiscal year 2011, up about 2 percent from the previous year, according to the Michigan Health and Hospital Association. AP File Photo. LANSING, MI — Michigan ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Big health care changes coming for state, nation Ct Post dividends, annuities, rent, royalties, certain capital gains, and inactive businesses. Some exemptions apply, including income from tax-exempt bonds, veteran's benefits, and qualified plan distributions from an IRA or 401(k). The new tax does not apply ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Direct Health Care for the Uninsured Forbes Two weeks ago I wrote about some of the unintended, but positive, consequences that could result from employers dropping employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI). Following that post, many weighed in about various other consequences of such ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Md. health insurers' 'fail first' policies jeopardize patient health Baltimore Sun The Maryland General Assembly now has an opportunity to address dangerous health insurer practices that prevent Maryland patients from accessing timely and effective health care. Sen. Thomas "Mac" Middleton and Del. Eric Bromwell have sponsored ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Health care law to create gap for 21K in Hawaii San Francisco Chronicle HONOLULU (AP) — Roughly 21,000 people in Hawaii who were previously covered under Medicaid will need to buy their own health insurance once President Barack Obama's sweeping federal health care overhaul takes effect next year, the chief executive ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UPMC Health Plan tops in patient satisfaction Pittsburgh Post Gazette UPMC Health Plan scored highest among local health plans in overall patient satisfaction, according to a study by J.D. Power and Associates, well ahead of Highmark Inc. and the national carriers that are a growing presence in the Western Pennsylvania ... See all stories on this topic » |
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