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Insurance industry attacks healthcare legislation
Unwilling to accept the new momentum behind healthcare legislation lying down, the health insurance industry launched a new attack against the healthcare legislation drafted by the Senate Finance... Read more...
Senate GOP members push health co-op rather than public-option health plan
It seems that the so-called "public option" may be the issue that does the most to try to get the patients of both parties engaged in the health reform debate. While Democrats in the Senate are... Read more...
Commercial health plans need individual mandate
Nobody would be surprised to learn that commercial health plans are thrilled that health reform proposals might demand that all Americans buy health insurance. But what some might not have guessed is... Read more...
AHIP opposes creation of government health plan to rival private insurers
According to a new Wall Street Journal poll, 38.7 percent of respondents believe that Congress should create a government-run health plan to compete with private insurers, while 52.9 percent said "no... Read more...
Philadelphia health clinics may begin charging
Patients without health insurance in Philadelphia may soon be charged a fee when they visit health clinics that, so far, have been free. The city has eight primary-care health centers that provide... Read more...
MedPAC says Medicare payments 'still adequate'
Now here's an assertion that might raise a few hackles. According to Glenn Hackbarth, chairman of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Medicare payments are still "adequate to cover the... Read more...
Commonwealth Fund calls for massive healthcare reform
Apparently the Commonwealth Fund has a solution to the nation's healthcare problems. The group is calling for a new national insurance exchange that could cover tens of millions of Americans,... Read more...
Study says providers collecting $89B extra from private payers
If public health insurance programs raised pay for hospitals and physicians, private health insurance premiums could be much lower, suggests a new study sponsored by hospital and insurance interests.... Read more...
Community benefit standards vary widely across non-profit hospitals
Non-profit hospitals continue to struggle with the issue of setting standards for providing community benefits, leading to wide variability in how they report such benefits, according to a new report... Read more...
Study: Uncompensated care could hit $57B this year
It's looking like uncompensated care for the 77 million Americans lacking insurance during all or part of this year could add up to $57 billion, according to a study published by the journal Health... Read more...
