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Are bigger hospitals and insurers better for consumers?
12+ hour, 49+ min ago (792+ words) AI and Patient Safety How I Pitched It Fellowships and Study Groups Other benefits may result when health insurers and health care companies pursue vertical integration models that increase efficiency, collect more robust data, align incentives and allow patients more…...
Stories to cover as Americans seek affordable health insurance
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (819+ words) How I Pitched It Fellowships and Study Groups Millions of Americans will have trouble finding affordable health insurance this year. As a result, many of them will find it difficult or impossible to pay for health care for themselves and…...
What freelancers should know about the impending health insurance premium hikes - Association of Health Care Journalists
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (1281+ words) How I Pitched It Fellowships and Study Groups If you have health insurance as a freelancer " and you should " there's a good chance you bought it through the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplace. The federal system offers options for…...
Despite federal efforts, drug prices may not drop much
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (619+ words) How I Pitched It Fellowships and Study Groups Three years after Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, a significant change from that law will go into effect next month. The law gives the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…...
Reports show health insurers skirt medical loss ratio rules
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (556+ words) How I Pitched It Fellowships and Study Groups Each of the five states aggregated claims and spending totals from Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and commercial insurers, providing a comprehensive view of payments in those states, explained researchers January Angeles and Jessica…...