A paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research examines the effects of price-linked subsidies to aid in the purchase of health insurance.
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The other shop dropped where it was expected to fall, as a federal judge upholds the refusal to approve the Anthem/Cigna merger because it would have anti-competitive effects.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/08/judge-blocks-54-billion-anthem-cigna-health-insurance-merger/?hpid=hp_rhp-more-top-stories_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.2eb410987187In a blog post, the National Business Group on Health gives its top things to watch for in 2017.
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A report from the Urban Institute tries to explain how the wonderful ACA mandate for individual coverage could have possibly failed so miserably.
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Research carried in Health Affairs confirms that larger health plans do get lower prices from physicians.
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Benefits consultant Mercer issues its review of company health plans, showing muted cost trends, at least for employers.
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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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The annual Kaiser Family Foundation survey of employment-based health benefits reveals continued cost stress.
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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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Benefit consulting firm Segal issues its projection of medical cost trends for 2017.
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A report from the Health Care Cost Institute reveals that consumers in high deductible plans have greater out-of-pocket spending, as would be expected.
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McKinsey gives its analysis of the 2017 insurance exchange plan premium trend.
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An Issue Brief from the Employee Benefits Research Institute explores the effect of high-deductible plans by worker income level.
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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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