Efforts to curb hospital readmissions take center stage Studies focus on identifying vulnerable patients, early follow up, medication and engagement WASHINGTON (March 29, 2014) — Strategies aimed at reducing the number of patients with heart failure and other cardiovascular conditions… Read More ›
Affordable Care Act
Obamacare: 42 percent of Americans can’t explain a deductible
First baseline results of health care survey show most vulnerable populations are least informed about changes under new health care laws, but also the most optimistic The week before open enrollment closes for new health care exchanges, a study by… Read More ›
Doctors Sue United Healthcare for Bad Faith
BROOKLYN (CN) – A 22,000-member physicians’ group sued United Healthcare Insurance, claiming the money-grubbing, multibillion-dollar insurance company is illegally terminating them from its Medicare network on Jan. 1 to cut its losses from reduced federal payments under the Affordable Care… Read More ›
New study shows that more than half of consumers will choose a health-care plan that costs too much
– more than 80% of consumers may be unable to make a clear–eyed estimate of their needs and will unknowingly choose a higher cost plan than needed. New research from Columbia Business School warns that consumers will make mistakes totaling… Read More ›
House subcommittee: Obamacare’s $300 billion Medicare Advantage raid will hurt seniors next year
Posted By Patrick Howley On 10:38 PM 12/04/2013 In | Obamacare “raided” $300 billion for Medicare Advantage and seniors will begin feeling the cuts next year, according to an analysis Tuesday by the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee…. Read More ›
Revealed: ‘Non-partisan’ charity received $1.1M grant to ‘produce’ Obamacare success stories amid litany of setbacks and glitches
By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 10:54 EST, 28 November 2013 | UPDATED: 11:03 EST, 28 November 2013 A self-described non-partisan organization promoting affordable health care has received a $1.1million grant to create a database of Obamacare success stories, it was… Read More ›
Revealed: Obamacare plans will cost MORE ‘in many cases’ even with government subsidies, officials admit for the first time
By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor PUBLISHED: 16:18 EST, 14 November 2013 | UPDATED: 17:04 EST, 14 November 2013 The Obama administration has directly conceded for the first time that ‘in many cases,’ health insurance plans offered through government… Read More ›
Obama administration knew millions could not keep their health insurance / “40 to 67 percent” of customers will not be able to keep their policy”
News networks buzzed late on Friday as they discovered what NBC had found: evidence that the Obama administration has known for three years that the president’s promise simply couldn’t be kept. This example, from July 19, 2010, hit the Internet… Read More ›
U.S. Women Are Dying Younger Than Their Mothers, and No One Knows Why
While advancements in medicine and technology have prolonged life expectancy and decreased premature deaths overall, women in parts of the country have been left behind. Grace WylerOct 7 2013, 9:10 AM ET (jessiejacobson/flickr) The Affordable Care Act took a major… Read More ›
Feds are building a detective squad to target consumers and companies that don’t follow Obamacare’s rules
Post-Obamacare law hiring at the Department of Health and Human Services included 86 ‘criminal investigators,’ but just two ‘consumer safety’ officers On the day President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law in 2010, HHS received authority to make… Read More ›
Loopholes in health care law could result in employee harassment ? May choose not to hire people that do not carry their own insurance
Photo courtesy College of Law As firms grapple with the significant cost increases associated with the Affordable Care Act, the possibility emerges that employers would harass or retaliate against employees in order to avoid the law’s financial penalties,… Read More ›
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