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Aug 09 2019

Profitability of Private Health Insurers

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The Kaiser Family Foundation publishes a very misleading analysis of private insurer "profitability".
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Aug 08 2019

Defective Health Research

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An article in Nature magazine points out the dangers of trusting medical research too much.
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Aug 07 2019

The Effects of Malpractice Liability

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A systematic review of the literature on malpractice liability is carried by Health Services Research.
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Aug 06 2019

Self-funded Health Plans

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An Employee Benefit Research Institute report discusses self-funding trends.
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Aug 05 2019

Medicaid Managed Care Plans

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A report from Mark Farrah Associates discusses trends in the managed care Medicaid market.
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Aug 02 2019

Some Truths About Private Health Insurance in the US

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A brief from the Manhattan Institute gives a little more accurate information about the private health insurance industry than the usual garbage coming from certain presidential candidates.
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Aug 01 2019

Buyer Purchasing Power in Health Care

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Another paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research examines monopsony power in health care.
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Jul 31 2019

Costs of Dementia to Medicare

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Dementia is a substantial and growing source of cost to the Medicare program.
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Jul 30 2019

Generic Drug Pricing

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Prices for generic drugs have actually fallen fairly rapidly in recent years, according to a study from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Jul 29 2019

The 2019 Milliman Medical Index

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This year's version of the Milliman Medical Index is out, giving medical cost trend information for employment-based health insurance.
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Kevin RocheThe 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.

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The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
December 7, 2019
2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

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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 through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com. © Roche Consulting, LLC. Terms of Use.

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