第一篇:奥巴马演讲 Premiums,Profits,and the Need for Health Reform The other week, men and women across California opened up their mailboxes to find a letter from Anthem Blue Cross. The news inside was jaw-dropping. Anthem was alerting almost a million of its customers that it would be rais...
the vast majority of premiums — 88 percent for individual and small groups — are mandated to be spent on medical care, a threshold called the “medical loss ratio.” The federal baseline is only 80 percent, meaning insurers in Massachusetts often have to spend an even higher share of their...
Increased provider rates also contributed to the rise in insurance premiums impacting the Massachusetts Health Connector, which offers health and dental coverage for individuals, families and businesses through carriers including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, UnitedHealthcare and Mass General Brigh...
Sampling for both types of telephone line divided the 120 Kentucky counties into 8 different strata based on the percentage of households with incomes below 138% of the federal poverty level. We oversampled from low-income strata to ensure sufficient sampling of Medicaid-eligible participants. We ...
Anthem has a range of other increases, with a number around 7 percent or lower for bronze and silver plans. These are weighted averages and could be higher or lower depending on an individual's age. Many consumers will get federal tax subsidies to offset their premium costs. ...
Second, using data from 1993 to 1996, I examine the extent to which rising premiums for fee-for-service Medigap coverage increased HMO enrollment among ... TC Buchmueller - 《Health Services Research》 被引量: 128发表: 2000年 The effect of HMOs on premiums in employment-based health plans...
A private sector partnership between insurers, hospitals and physicians says it has found the solution to healthcare coordination that federal regulators are desperately seeking. By working together and breaking down barriers, the partnership says it was able to keep premiums flat for 40...
A private sector partnership between insurers, hospitals and physicians says it has found the solution to healthcare coordination that federal regulators are desperately seeking. By working together and breaking down barriers, the partnership says it was able to keep premiums flat for 40,000...