Most seniors tend to purchase Medigap or Medicare Supplement insurance, which mutes the effect of Medicare's cost-sharing provisions, potentially increasing utilization and costs for the program. A Kaiser brief examines…
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A study reported in Health Affairs finds that American physicians spend much more time at a much higher cost interacting with insurers than do Canadian physicians, who only have to…
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.