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Nov 04 2016

Mercer’s Take on Employer-Sponsored Plans

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Benefits consultant Mercer issues its review of company health plans, showing muted cost trends, at least for employers.
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Nov 03 2016

Consumerism’s Health Care Limits

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An interesting think piece from L.E.K Consulting suggests that consumerism is not the solution to rising health spending.
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Nov 02 2016

Another Survey of America’s Doctors

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Yet another extensive physician survey reveals deep dissatisfaction.
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Nov 01 2016

Kaiser Survey Part II

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The second part of our review of the 2016 Kaiser employer health benefits survey focuses on cost-sharing and other plan attributes.
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Oct 31 2016

Kaiser Health Benefits Survey Part 1

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The annual Kaiser Family Foundation survey of employment-based health benefits reveals continued cost stress.
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Oct 28 2016

New Primary Care Models

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A paper from PWC's Health Research Institute focuses on new primary care models.
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Oct 27 2016

Better Approaches to Measuring Hospital Readmission Issues

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Research published in Health Affairs suggests that shorter measuring periods may more accurately identify problematic hospital readmissions.
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Oct 26 2016

Expanding Medicaid Coverage in Oregon Led to More ER and Physician Utilization

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In a shocking, just shocking finding, further research confirms that if you give people free health care, they will use a lot of it.
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Oct 25 2016

2017 Insurance Exchange Premiums to be Dramatically Higher

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Even the Administration has now acknowledged that premiums for the benchmark silver plans on the reform law's insurance exchanges will rise at a huge rate.
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Oct 24 2016

Does Hospital Employment of Physicians Improve Care?

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Notwithstanding hospitals' claims to the contrary, their employment of physicians appears to do nothing to improve quality.
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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.
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2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
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