Tuesday, April 30, 2019

What if a candidate took voters' stated healthcare priorities literally?

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In its low-key way, the Kaiser Family Foundation has been warning Democrats for some time that the electorate is not strongly demanding Med...
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Saturday, April 27, 2019

Let's call it 160% Medicare...Washington state public option

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Medicare-X 2.0 deserves a second look

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box at top right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) As origin...

Toward universal coverage: A bestiary of Democratic healthcare bills

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I have a post up at BlueWaveNJ that offers a framework for assessing more than a half dozen Democratic bills that would build on or repla...
Monday, April 22, 2019

Medicare at Will

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I have posited repeatedly ( here , here , here ) that the gateway to real healthcare system transformation (and cost control) is a buy-in t...
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Sunday, April 21, 2019

Expanding the footprint of Medicare payment rates is hard: Washington State edition

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box on right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) It's iron...
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Monday, April 15, 2019

Cold comfort for low income workers insured through their employers

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box on right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) The Kaiser Fa...
Friday, April 12, 2019

Latinx enrollment continues to *rise* in HealthCare.gov states

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box on right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) In 2019, an a...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

BlueWaveNJ on the cost of ACA nullification

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Here's what BlueWaveNJ thinks of Donald Trump's now-total support for the ridiculous suit seeking to nullify the entire ACA: The...
Monday, April 08, 2019

CSR takeup bends slightly under silver load at incomes up to 200% FPL

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Friday, April 05, 2019

The ACA as recession insurance

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box on right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) The ACA priva...
Wednesday, April 03, 2019

Which Democratic healthcare reform bills offer the most affordable coverage to the most people?

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box on right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) Drew Altman, ...
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Monday, April 01, 2019

Trump healthcare reruns: Graham-Cassidy and the Sundowning Kid

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box on right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) April Fool! T...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Why were CSR improvements cut from Frank Pallone's ACA 2.0 bill?

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There's one glaring omission in Frank Pallone's newly introduced " ACA 2.0 " bill*, which sweetens ACA marketplace subsid...
Monday, March 25, 2019

2019 ACA Enrollment: More silver loading effects, CSR enrollment down in SBEs

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid -- box at right.  CMS released a final enrollment report for the ACA marketplace today, along with the public...
Friday, March 22, 2019

Medicare for America might let private insurance thrive

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box on right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) The Medicare ...
Thursday, March 21, 2019

Medicare for America...for how many candidates?

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Sunday, March 17, 2019

Would a public option mean fewer claims denials?

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Here I'm going to pose a question for which I don't yet have good answers. One strong appeal of the public option in various Medi...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Hospital industry will brook no Medicare expansions

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid via box on right (requires email address only; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) The American Hos...
Monday, March 11, 2019

New enrollment drops in ACA marketplace have decelerated since 2017

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box on right (requires email address only; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) In my last post ...