PriceWaterhouseCooper publishes a report on the status of health insurance exchanges and issues which states and employers are considering as exchanges slowly lumber toward reality.
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Another luminescent Potpourri, focusing on the ACA's high-risk pool plan; controlling health spending in Massachusetts; what components of EHRs and HIEs may control costs; another survey of employers and dealing…
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The Employee Benefit Research Institute releases a report looking at private health insurance exchanges and defined contribution plans, putting them in historical perspective and suggesting that adoption of these initiatives…
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The Government Accounting Office weighs in on the ongoing controversy over the effects of the Affordable Care Act on employment-based health insurance, reviewing a number of microsimulation models and employer…
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Yet another survey of the employer market, this one from Aon Hewitt, which also reflects views of employees covered under their companies' health plans. Aon Hewitt finds that employers are…
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The Kaiser Family Foundation published its annual survey on Employer Health Benefits. While the rate of growth in both single and family health insurance premiums has slowed, it is still…
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Another brilliant edition of our Potpourri, focusing on individual health insurance rate reform, variation in traumatic care costs, genetic counseling and diabetes, small business and health care costs and savings…
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Research based on data from UnitedHealth Group's commercial health plans finds wide variation in episode of care costs across both selected procedures and chronic diseases. The research also showed that…
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The Employee Benefit Research Institute has released a survey on consumers attitudes toward their health care coverage. Among three types of coverage, traditional, high deductible with no savings account and…
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A study released by a private vendor evaluates wellness and benefit administration benchmarks in 2012.
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A survey from Revive Health examined hospital perceptions of payers, and other issues. Wellpoint is rated worst, many independent Blue Cross plans do poorly as well and UnitedHealth Group, while…
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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.
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